- Date
- 1989-11-29
- Kind
- Property transfer
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communicationcommerceeconomycommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The December issue reports that Telephone and Data Systems of Madison, Wisconsin, bought Island Telephone Company on November 29, 1989. The report says the local company would retain its name, telephone number, and personnel.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper-reported corporate transfer, not a corporate filing or independent service-continuity record.
Sources
- Reports Telephone and Data Systems’ purchase of Island Telephone Company and says the company name, phone number, and personnel would remain unchanged. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1989-12_Beaver-Beacon
- Paired held eighteen-page December issue PDF.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1989-12_Beaver-Beacon
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Beaver Island Archive, “Telephone and Data Systems buys Island Telephone Company, 1989”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/island-telephone-company-sold-1989/, accessed [date], citing “Island Telephone Company Sold,” Beaver Beacon, December 22, 1989. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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