SPRINGFIELD AREA'S LARGEST WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEALERS

1 ALLTEL Voice mail, All-fax, call-waiting,

3330 E Montclair 65804 176 Ã Ã ALLTEL 3-way calling, repair, nationwide Ray Thomas , 1988

882-2020 ? 888-3106 paging, long distance, Internet vice pres/gen man

2 Atlas Communications2 Local, regional, nationwide 1905 S Glenstone 65804 33 Ã Ã ALLTEL paging, Internet, e-mail paging, Steve Powell, 1965

883-1700 ? 886-0154 Web site design and hosting owner

3 AT&T Wireless

522 N Prince Lane 65802 30 Ã AT&T Sales and service Chadd Clements, 1989

862-5110 ? 862-4926 general manager

4 Digital Dish & Cellular Wireless3 Voice mail, call waiting, 3-way,

5601 S Campbell 65807 20 Ã AT&T roadside assistance, personal Pam Strickler, 1991

881-5593 ? 881-5814 representation manager

4 Russell Cellular Inc 3023 S Kimbrough 65807 20 Ã Ã ALLTEL None Jeff Russell, 1993 886-3433 ? 888-5011 owner

6 Radiophone Engineering Inc 2-way communications equip

534 W Walnut 65806 15 Ã Ã None and service, mobile data sys, Jon W George, 1948

862-6653 ? 862-6768 bar and siren equipment president

7 Communication Associates

3343 S Scenic 65807 12 Ã Ã None Tower rental space Mike Salmon, 1979

882-1401 ? 883-4948 president

8 Sunrise Communications Digital cellular service, Internet, Eric Rowden,

1340 W Battlefield 65807 8 Ã Ã AT&T residential and commercial John Porteous, 1998 823-9040 ? 823-8447 long distance, dish network owners

9 Radio Communication Specialists4

3107 E Chestnut Expwy, Ste F 65802 7 Ã Ã Ã None Trunked mobile radio Jewell Windle, 1982

866-2622 ? 866-7005 president

10 Teletouch5 Smart page-dispatch service,

448 W Battlefield 65807 5 Ã Ã Ã ALLTEL retail, programming, Mike Bregenzer, 1975

882-2337 ? 882-9812 leasing branch manager

11 Airlink Communications

3528 S National 65807 4 Ã Ã ALLTEL Satellite service, Web design, Randy Ruggeri, 1998

877-9915 ? 824-4226 Web hosting owner

11 Communication Station

2421 S Campbell 65807 4 Ã Ã ALLTEL Sales of phones, pagers Joshua Thurlow, 1995

890-1755 ? 890-1754 and accessories manager

11 Rayfield Communication Communication software John Rayfield Sr,

2201 W Battlefield, Ste 2 65807 4 Ã Ã Ã None development, wide-area John Rayfield Jr, 1978

887-4663 ? 887-1434 system design, tower rental owners

11 Tele-America Communications6

303 W State Hwy 60, Ste A, Republic 4 Ã Ã AT&T, Call waiting, voice mail, 3-way Ron Rima, 1997 65738 ? 732-1818 ? 732-4164 Ameritech calling, roadside assistance owner

11 Wireless Works7 Local, regional, national paging,

PO Box 2341,Branson 65615 4 Ã Ã ALLTEL installation, accessories, Greg McGrath, 1991

334-7005 ? 335-4014 short-term cellular rentals owner

16 Ozark Telecom Inc Communication consulting, Joe Harris,

5407 C S Campbell Ste C 65810 2 Ã None voice mail, Kristen Harris, 1985

882-1144 ? 882-9760 nationwide paging owners

17 LMR Communication Repeater service,

6706 N State Hwy HH, Willard 65781 1 Ã Ã None repair, installation, retail, Don Raines, 1984

742-3980 ? 742-5165 accessories, programming owner

Ranked by number of full-time, local employees. Fifty percent or more of the company's business must derive from wireless communications. 1. Trunking is a multiple-channel radio and phone system. 2. Information includes Atlas' second location at 1410 E. Kearney, 863-9800, and Metromobile, 222 W. Republic Road, 883-1224. 3. Digital Dish has another location in Nixa at 551 Tracker Road, 725-5400. 4. Radio Communication Specialists has another location in Joplin at 1122 Illinois, Ste. 104, 781-3797. 5. Teletouch has another location at 2938 E. Sunshine, Ste. B. 6. Tele-America has another location in Bolivar at 332 S. Springfield, 777-4500. 7. Wireless Works has another location at the Battlefield Mall. Some wireless communications dealers may have been omitted due to lack of information, space or deadline restrictions. The 1999 Book of Lists is now available on disk[[In-content Ad]]