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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 [...]

Leading Telecommunications Company announces plans to expand its service offerings to deliver critical 911 services. September 5th, 2017, Aurora, Neb. —Hamilton Telecommunications, a leading telecommunications and technology service provider, is excited to announce that it has recently launched a new business line that will deliver Next Generation 911 (NG911) services. Hamilton NG911, Inc. is the most recent addition to the company’s diverse service offerings and is a reflection of its ongoing investment in continued growth. Hamilton NG911 is seeking and responding to bid opportunities that would allow the company to begin delivering this specialized service for states or regional entities. The [...]

June 15, 2017 Aurora, Neb - Hamilton Telecommunications is pleased to announce that Dalton Peters was selected to receive a $5,000 academic scholarship by the Foundation for Rural Service (FRS) the philanthropic arm of NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association. The $5,000 scholarship was one of four exclusive Staurulakis Family (JSI) Scholarships, given to exceptional students who plan on studying in the STEM (Science Technology Engineering Math) field. The FRS scholarship program awarded over $100,000 in scholarships to rural youth across the United States. Out of over 1,500 applications received this year, forty seven scholarships were awarded. Four recipients were selected to receive [...]

May 15, 2017, Aurora, Neb. — Local technology and telecommunications company Hamilton Telecommunications announced that it is expanding its fiber network to serve all of its subscribers within the Hamilton Telephone local exchange in Hamilton County and the surrounding areas with direct fiber optic connections. The company is currently implementing plans to deliver fiber to the home for customers in the communities and rural areas of Aurora, Hampton, Giltner, Marquette, Hordville, Stockham, Phillips, Doniphan and Trumbull. The company has already begun the project to transition 100% of its customer base to fiber. An early adopter of fiber optic technology, Hamilton began [...]

February 2, 2017, Aurora, Neb. — Hamilton Relay, Inc., a national leader in the telecommunications relay and captioned telephone services industry, announced today that it has resumed operations and training classes in Albany, Georgia. After a severe storm demolished Hamilton's relay center, the company and the owner of the center, Carter Properties, immediately established plans to re-build. Re-construction of the center at 2231 Dawson Road is currently underway and expected to be completed by Spring of 2017. In the meantime, Hamilton Relay has secured two temporary locations and has resumed operations in Albany. "First and foremost, Hamilton is grateful that the [...]

Aurora, Neb, ­– December 15, 2016 – Hamilton Telecommunications is excited to announce that it is once again participating in the 2017 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 the sponsoring company awards the remaining $500. The FRS College Scholarship Program seeks to encourage students to return to their rural communities upon completing their [...]