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Telephone and Data Systems buys Island Telephone Company, 1989

Also Island Telephone Company sale 1989

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TypeEvent
Date1989-11-29
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
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

  1. 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
  2. Paired held eighteen-page December issue PDF.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1989-12_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

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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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