FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Granite
Pledges to Keep Americans Connected
Will
maintain critical infrastructure to help combat Coronavirus pandemic
QUINCY, Mass., – March 13, 2020
– Granite
Telecommunications, LLC,
a $1.5 billion provider of communications solutions to businesses and
governmental agencies throughout North America, announced that it will join the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) pledge to “Keep Americans Connected” as the country responds to challenges
presented by the Coronavirus pandemic.
Granite recognizes the
important role our customers play in responding to the spread of Coronavirus
and its impact on daily life, and we are doing our part to help by continuing
to deliver critical communications services at a time when it is needed most. Data and voice connectivity is essential to
the work of our customers in healthcare, government and public safety. The same is equally true for businesses and
schools as they strive to continue to deliver much needed services to the
public, including expanded bandwidth and higher security.
Many businesses are pivoting
towards higher capacity bandwidth and broader arrays of services to help them
cope with the additional demands and to keep their customers and employees safe
and healthy. Organizations face a
significantly greater need for fast reliable internet access and communications
services. Granite is standing with the
FCC and others in the industry to ensure those needs remain fulfilled, despite
the challenges we all face.
“We are proud of the work
our teammates are performing – and applaud Chairman Pai and the entire FCC –
for taking steps to keep Americans connected at this time of concern,” said CEO Rob Hale. “Each of our customers
faces a unique set of challenges in the face the Coronavirus pandemic, and
Granite is prepared to help them overcome those challenges and maintain
critical communications services.”
About
Granite
Granite delivers one-stop communications
solutions to multilocation businesses and government agencies throughout the
United States and Canada. The $1.5 billion company serves more than two-thirds
of the Fortune 100 companies in the United States, and has 1.75 million voice
and data lines under management. Granite launched in 2002 and grew quickly by
helping businesses to simplify sourcing and management of local and long
distance phone services with one point of contact and one invoice for all their
office locations nationwide. Today, Granite is the leader in aggregating Plain
Old Telephone Services (POTS), and has extended its unique value proposition –
“one company, one contact, one bill” – to include a range of advance business
communications services, including Internet access, SD-WAN, wireless WAN,
hosted PBX, SIP trunking, mobile voice and data,
mobile device management, managed security, network integration and much more.
Granite employs more than 2,300 people at its headquarters in Quincy, Mass.,
and nine regional offices nationwide. For
more information, visit www.granitenet.com.
Media
Contacts
Jeremy Robison, Executive
Assistant
617.837.4027 jrobison@granitenet.com