Electric Lightwave sets sights on Vancouver, Wash.VANCOUVER, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 3, 1996--Electric Lightwave Inc. (ELI Eli (ē`lī), in the Bible, high priest and judge of Israel, teacher of the boy Samuel. 1. (language) ELI - An early system on the IBM 705 and IBM 650. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. 2. ), a Vancouver-based communications company Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. , has moved another step closer to delivering competitive full service communications products and services to Vancouver-area businesses. Vancouver city
"We're excited about the opportunities in Vancouver," said ELI Regional General Manager Mike Daniel. "This agreement gives us the authority to move ahead with network construction plans and deliver the high quality, high capacity networks Vancouver businesses are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ." Daniel said that local service opens the door to "true competitive opportunities" for the customer. "By offering local service we can bundle a variety of other products -- both switched and private line services," Daniel said. "When a customer places a call, literally all calls can go through ELI: that means one bill and one service contact." By year's end, ELI will have some $2 million invested in the Vancouver area. The company also has some very aggressive plans for 1997 with nearly $3 million earmarked for additional expansion. "This is a critical market for us," said Daniel. "Our ring architecture -- which gives our customers an alternate path in case of an outage out·age n. 1. A quantity or portion of something lacking after delivery or storage. 2. A temporary suspension of operation, especially of electric power. -- will grow leaps and bounds with the addition of Vancouver." ELI's Oregon/Southwest Washington-area network currently goes east into Gresham, south to Wilsonville and west to Hillsboro. Daniel says ELI is presently designing some product offerings that will clearly "demonstrate the benefits of competition and improve the business synergies between Vancouver and Portland." Based in Vancouver, Electric Lightwave is a full-service communications company which owns and operates telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. systems in several Western states. ELI is a subsidiary of Citizens Utilities, a diversified diversified (di·verˑ·s growth company offering telecommunications, gas, electric and water services. CONTACT: Electric Lightwave John Unverferth, 360/896-3217 |
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