Citizens Communications names new Operations VP.STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 1997--Citizens Communications Vice President Ronald E. Spears has announced the appointment of Dale Register as Western Regional Vice President of Operations. Register, who is based in Sacramento, California “Sacramento” redirects here. For other uses, see Sacramento (disambiguation). Sacramento is the capital of the State of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. , is charged with integrating the existing telecommunications network A telecommunications network is a of telecommunications links and nodes arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links and through various nodes. and equipment with new and modern technology. Register's responsibilities include all Citizens telephone operations in California, Arizona, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Montana, Idaho, and New Mexico New Mexico, state in the SW United States. At its northwestern corner are the so-called Four Corners, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet at right angles; New Mexico is also bordered by Oklahoma (NE), Texas (E, S), and Mexico (S). . Register began his career in the telecommunications industry 26 years ago. More than 20 years were spent with increasing responsibilities at BellSouth. He also was responsible for directing the design and construction of the telecommunications network for Optus Communications, the second licensed carrier in Australia. Register graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Sloan School of Management has notable programs in business, as a Sloan Fellow with a Master of Science Degree in Management. He also received a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Florida University of Florida is the third-largest university in the United States, with 50,912 students (as of Fall 2006) and has the eighth-largest budget (nearly $1.9 billion per year). UF is home to 16 colleges and more than 150 research centers and institutes. . "Citizens Communications is a very dynamic company," said Register. "We have a leadership team committed to developing an efficient, unified organization to implement an aggressive business plan in this highly competitive industry. I am excited to be a part of Citizens and to focus our employees on safety, customer service and quality." Citizens Communications, one of the nation's fastest-growing, community-based communications providers, offers direct satellite television, Internet, paging, long distance, cellular, local telephone, network sales and other telecommunications products and services to customers in smaller markets across the country. It is part of Citizens Utilities (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CZNA, CZNB), a growth company that also supplies public services, including natural gas, electric, water and wastewater treatment services. Citizens Utilities also owns and operates Citizens Electric Lightwave Inc., a competitive exchange telecommunications company in the western United States Noun 1. western United States - the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River West Santa Fe Trail - a trail that extends from Missouri to New Mexico; an important route for settlers moving west in the 19th century . It has a significant interest in Centennial Cellular Corp., and an investment in Hungarian Telephone and Cable Hungarian Telephone and Cable Corp. (HTCC) (AMEX:HTC) is a telecommunications company based in Seattle, Washington, USA. It provides a variety of telecommunications services in Hungary through its subsidiaries, Hungarotel Tavkozlesi Rt. and Pantel Tavkozlesi Kft. Co. -0- Photo available upon request. CONTACT: Citizens Communications Lisa Porterfield, 916/686-3396 lporterf@czn.com |
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