Concho Cellular Telephone Opts for HickoryTech WRITE2k Customer Management and Billing Solution.Business Editors & Technology Writers MANKATO, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 25, 2002 HickoryTech Corporation (Nasdaq:HTCO HTCO High Temperature Catalytic Oxidation ) announced today that Concho Cellular Telephone Company, Inc., Kerrville, Texas Kerrville is a city in Kerr County, Texas, United States. The population was 20,425 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Kerr CountyGR6. , has signed a contract for HickoryTech's WRITE2k(R) billing solution. WRITE2k is a billing and customer management solution for wireless service providers. HickoryTech, an operating telecommunications company See telecom company. , provides billing solutions to the communications industry communications industry, broadly defined, the business of conveying information. Although communication by means of symbols and gestures dates to the beginning of human history, the term generally refers to mass communications. throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . "WRITE2k's client-server architecture client-server architecture Architecture of a computer network in which many clients (remote processors) request and receive service from a centralized server (host computer). allows Concho Cellular to access the information they need to execute their competitive strategies," said Scott Grill, Director of Sales and Marketing of the Information Solutions division of HickoryTech. "Our software is designed to support the business activities associated with customer acquisition, customer retention and margin management. We're very pleased to provide this solution to Concho Cellular." Concho Cellular serves subscribers in central Texas. "Working with a billing vendor that caters to rural wireless providers makes us feel excited and comfortable at the same time," said Kent Foster, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. at Concho Cellular. "We're looking forward to having control over the operation of the software while avoiding the costs associated with an in-house system. HickoryTech's software provides us with self-sufficiency at a very affordable price." Legacy billing systems rely on hard-coding or tables to define prices and promotions. The time and cost involved with changing these systems can severely limit the service provider's ability to respond to the marketplace. In contrast, WRITE2k employs a rules-based architecture that dramatically reduces costs and allows the user to capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. market opportunities very rapidly. HickoryTech has offered customer management and billing software solutions to the communications industry since 1964. HickoryTech distinguishes itself by serving wireless providers, local exchange carriers, competitive local exchange carriers, interexchange carriers, and broadband service providers. About Concho Cellular Telephone. Concho Cellular Telephone Company, Inc., doing business as Cellular One, serving Central Texas and the Hill Country, is a privately-held wireless telephone carrier offering service in 13 counties in the heart of Texas; Concho, McCulloch, San Saba San Saba can refer to: San Saba (Rome) is a church in Rome, Italy; San Saba (rione of Rome) is the XXI rione (historic district) of Rome, Itlay; San Saba, Texas is a town in Texas, USA; San Saba County, Texas is a county in Texas, USA; , Lampasas, Burnet burnet, hardy perennial herb of the family Rosaceae (rose) found in temperate regions, usually with white or greenish flowers. The European species are sometimes cultivated for the leaves, which are used in salads, for flavoring, and formerly as a poultice to stop , Llano lla·no n. pl. lla·nos A large, grassy, almost treeless plain, especially one in Latin America. [Spanish, plain, from Latin pl , Mason, Menard, Kimble, Gillespie, Blanco, Kerr and Kendall. Incorporated in 1995, Cellular One's mission is to continue to expand and develop its infrastructure in order to make available wireless communications services, which have been until recently overlooked in this growing rural market. Cellular One currently has retail sales offices in Kerrville, Fredericksburg, Llano, and Marble Falls, along with retail kiosks inside the Brady, Texas, Wal-Mart and the Junction, Texas, True Value store. Concho Cellular Telephone's corporate offices are located in Chevy Chase, Md. About HickoryTech Corporation. HickoryTech Corporation is a diversified communications company headquartered in Mankato, Minn., with 500 employees and operations in Minnesota and Iowa. HickoryTech is in its 105th year of operation with its roots in the local telephone exchange business. From this base, it has expanded into wireless communications, competitive local service, long distance, Internet, information solutions and enterprise solutions. To learn more about HickoryTech Corporation, visit the company's Web page at www.HickoryTech.com. Certain statements included in this press release that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements." Such forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the industry in which HickoryTech operates and management's beliefs and assumptions. The forward-looking statements are subject to uncertainties. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and probabilities. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they were made. HickoryTech undertakes no obligation to update any of its forward-looking statements for any reason. |
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