Pioneer Telephone is a privately held company with headquarters in Portland, Maine, United States, it was founded by Peter Bouchard, who continues to run the company today. It is a facility-based telecommunication carrier of long-distance, local and UCaas telephone service in the United States. As of October 2011, Pioneer Telephone had more than 2,700,000 customers in 48 states.

Pioneer Telephone
Company typePrivate
IndustryTelecommunications
HeadquartersPortland, Maine, United States
Websitewww.pioneertelephone.com

In 2005, Pioneer Telephone purchased the long-distance telephone business of bankrupt Adelphia Communications Corporation for about $22.5M and $180m in indemnification guarantees;[1] the sale was completed later that year.[2] Adelphia's phone service had 1,110,000 customers in 27 states(telephone & long-distance services).

In November 2008, Pioneer Telephone purchased all the residential and small-to-medium-sized business customers from Level 3 Communications in Denver, CO Pioneer's upper management [1] stated that they would roll out local service in 15 states in 2009.[3]

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