North Dakota Telephone Company

The History of NDTC
NDTC North Dakota Telephone Company was financed by TPC, stock of Contel of North Dakota, Inc. TPC, Inc. is a consortium formed by United Telephone Mutual Aid Corporation (Langdon, ND); Dakota Central Rural Telephone Coop. (Carrington, ND); and Polar Communications (Park River, ND).		Continued Growth North Dakota Telephone Company grew once again on June 1, 1996 when they acquired 11 new exchanges from U.S. West. Those 11 new exchanges included: Balta, Drake, Harvey, Knox, Leeds, Maddock, Esmond, Velva, Rugby, Minnewaukan, and Fessenden.
New Acquisitions TPC, Inc. was successful in purchasing 15 exchanges from Contel of North Dakota. On November 1, 1993, North Dakota Telephone Company became the local telephone service provider for the following exchanges: Devils Lake, Fort Totten, Crary, Penn, Hampden, Starkweather, Warwick, Cando, New Rockford, Webster, McVille, Pekin, Tolna, Sheyenne, and Oberon.		Increased Access Our company has grown quite rapidly, increasing from 10,000 access lines to nearly 20,000 access lines in less than three years. All of us at the North Dakota Telephone Company are excited about serving you and offering personal telephone and Internet service to your area.