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Hamilton Seeking Product Testers for New Service for Seniors March 1, 2021, Aurora, Neb. — Hamilton Telecommunications is excited to announce that it is exploring new safety and wellness monitoring solutions for seniors.  The company is currently looking for qualified individuals to participate in a no-cost product test of these new solutions in their home for a 90-day period of time. In collaboration with Silver Maple Solutions, Hamilton is exploring a new technology offering designed to allow seniors and their loved ones to stay connected to family, caregivers and professionals.  These solutions offer easy-to-use technology with the goal of helping seniors [...]

September 21, 2020, Aurora, Neb. — Local technology and telecommunications company Hamilton Telecommunications announced that it is expanding its fiber network to provide Fiber to the Home to 250 eligible residents in Central City and the immediate surrounding area.  In August, Hamilton was awarded a grant by the Nebraska Department of Economic Development (NDED) to help offset some of the costs in constructing the fiber mainline. The company began construction for the fiber network in Central City neighborhoods on Monday, August 25th with the goal to complete all mainline fiber construction by December 31st, 2020. “We are very pleased to have [...]

July 25, 2019, Aurora, Neb. — Telecommunications Company expands Next Generation 9-1-1 focus through strategic collaboration with industry-leading organization. Hamilton NG911, Inc., is pleased to announce its membership with the Industry Council for Emergency Response Technologies (iCERT), an organization that brings together leading companies involved in emergency communications and response technology. Hamilton NG911 was recognized as one of the newest members of the council during the NENA iCERT reception hosted at the 2019 National Emergency Number Association (NENA) National Conference & Expo in Orlando, June 16-19. Dedicated to providing technological advancements in the emergency services industry, Hamilton NG911 has been involved [...]

July 3, 2019,  Aurora, Neb. — Construction for a complete fiber-to-the-home infrastructure upgrade for the Hamilton Telecommunications exchange customers is on pace and continues to progress this spring. Hamilton Telecommunications, a leading technology and telecommunications company, is engaged in a multi-year project to bring fiber to all homes and businesses within the company’s local telephone exchange area. Currently, construction is focused on reaching the homes and businesses in Aurora and Doniphan. More than 1,200 customers have been converted to direct fiber connections, and the company has completed approximately 30 percent of the total project work, which includes burying the mainline fiber [...]

January 25, 2019, Aurora, Neb. — Hamilton Telecommunications, a leading technology and telecommunications company, has announced that they are now delivering even faster Internet speeds through fiber to the homes and businesses in the company’s telephone exchange area. The new speed tiers increase internet speeds dramatically with the highest tier delivering up to 1 Gig in the Whole Home Gig plan.  Whole Home Gig delivers speeds that are eight times faster than the top speed previously offered and ranks among the fastest in the industry. “With these new speeds, we are doubling, quadrupling and even quintupling the customer’s download speeds without [...]

June 27, 2018, Aurora, Neb. — Hamilton Relay, a division of Hamilton Telecommunications based in Aurora, Nebraska, has opened a new Relay call center in Columbus, Georgia. The new center, which processes captioned telephone calls for individuals who are hard of hearing, began training classes and operations in April 2018. The center is located at 1501 13th Street in Columbus. The Columbus call center is the seventh call center for Hamilton Relay and was added due to continued growth and demand for Captioned Telephone services nationwide. Captioned Telephone (CapTel®) Service is designed specifically for individuals who have difficulty hearing over the [...]

June 6, 2018, Aurora, Neb. — Hamilton Telecommunications, a local technology and telecommunications company has expanded its workforce by five with the addition of several local students working in summer internships within the company. Hamilton is proud to announce and welcome Jacob Ediger, Paige Faber, Sydney Shaw, Zachary Oblender, and Isaac Askey as Hamilton interns. Each of these interns is a current student pursuing a post-secondary education degree and has returned home to work over their summer break. These students were hired for a position that best matches their field of study and interest and are working in the areas of [...]

December 18, 2018, Aurora, Neb — Hamilton Relay announced today that it is opening a new captioning center in Columbus, Georgia.  The new center which will be located at 1501 13thStreet in Columbus will begin training customer service call center operators in January with operations expected to begin in February, 2018. Hamilton plans to immediately hire between 50-100 new employees for a variety of positions, including: administrative support, human resources representative, recruiter, IT technician, supervisors, trainers, and customer service call center operators. Once fully operational, the center is expected to employ approximately 150 employees.  The hours of operation will initially be [...]

January 5, 2018, Aurora, Neb. – Hamilton Telecommunications is excited to announce that it is once again participating in the 2018 Foundation for Rural Service (FRS) annual college scholarship program to help further higher education among rural youth. FRS awards a one-time $2,500 scholarship to students from rural America for their first year of college, university or vocational-technical school. Each student is sponsored by an NTCA member company. FRS funds $2,000 of each scholarship, and Hamilton awards the remaining $500. The FRS College Scholarship Program seeks to encourage students to return to their rural communities upon completing their education. Students may [...]