Company History

Connecting Your World for More than 120 Years… and Counting!

Hamilton Telecommunications invites you to discover more about our growth, our commitment to service excellence and our dedication to delivering technological advancements for the past 120 years.

With roots beginning in 1901 as a local telephone cooperative serving Hamilton County, Nebraska, we have grown to encompass seven diverse company divisions that operate on a local, regional, and national basis.

History / Timeline

1976
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1967
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1961
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1951
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1914
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1913
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1908
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1901
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May 3
2014
May 3

2014

Utilizing a fiber ring and DSL infrastructure, Cobalt TV delivers a more robust television solution with more options for TV viewing than ever before.  Oftentimes referred to as IPTV (Internet Protocol TV), Cobalt is among the first services in Nebraska to be offering this latest technology solution for TV.

March 3
2015
March 3

2015

Hamilton Innovations, Inc. founded.

May 3
2015
May 3

2015

Hamilton opens a Relay Center in Wichita, KS.

May 3
2016
May 3

2016

Hamilton switch upgraded from Lucent 5ESS to MetaSwitch.

March 6
2017
March 6

2017

New corporate building

May 6
2017
May 6

2017

Launched NG911

March 6
2018
March 6

2018

Opened Relay Center in Columbus, GA

October 8
2021
October 8

2021

Hamilton acquires Nebraska Central Telephone Company expanding to include 21 new exchanges and 3,272 square miles of service area in Central Nebraska.