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GWI Broadband and Phone Services Now Available in Dover-Foxcroft and Calais, Maine

Biddeford, Maine –  GWI announced today that it has completed construction of network facilities in Calais and Dover-Foxcroft, Maine and is now offering its line of residential broadband and phone services, as well as its business broadband, phone, and cloud computing services in those communities. GWI’s expansion into Calais and Dover-Foxcroft is part of a larger effort by the Biddeford-based communications company to expand its broadband coverage in Maine in 2012. Construction is currently underway in seven additional communities in addition to the recently announced mixed-use Gigabit Main Street fiber network the company is building in Orono and Old Town. GWI CEO Fletcher Kittredge said of the concurrent projects, “As a Maine-based company, GWI is committed to expanding broadband coverage and economic opportunity to all of Maine’s rural communities and small towns, even as we work to develop the ultra-high-speed gigabit fiber networks to attract jobs and industries of the … Continue reading →

GWI In the News: Stories of Gigabit Main Street from around the US:

On Wednesday May 3, GWI joined the University of Maine and Gig.U in announcing Gigabit Main Street, a project to deliver ultra-high-speed Internet service to homes and businesses, starting in Orono and Old Town, ME.   Construction is beginning this summer on this network, which will provide residential Internet speeds starting at 250Mbps for $59.95 per month. There are very few networks like Gigabit Main Street nationwide, and so the announcement was big news in both local and national news media.  Here are a selection of the articles and broadcasts about Gigabit Main Street in the past week: Local News Media “Old Town, Orono residents and businesses to receive ‘super-high-speed’ Internet” Bangor Daily News by Nick McCrea (May 3) “It’s coming together in the Bangor region” Bangor Daily News by Michael W. Aube (May 3) “Bangor is Poised for Great Things” Bangor Daily News by John Porter (May 6) “Internet Service … Continue reading →

University of Maine Becomes One of the Fastest Moving “Gig.U” Universities in the Country: GWI’s Gigabit Main Street Network to Drive Economic Development in Orono and Old Town

Orono, Maine – University of Maine President Paul Ferguson, GWI CEO Fletcher Kittredge, national Gig.U executive director Blair Levin were joined today by local and regional business and municipal leaders to announce GWI, Inc.’s plans to build an ultra-high-speed, Gigabit Main Street Internet Network in the Old Town and Orono communities surrounding the University of Maine campus to drive innovation and create economic opportunity.  The completed network will give the Maine communities an Internet network as fast as any in the world and be one of the fastest business-residential networks in the United States. The GWI-built network will be the first gigabit Internet network commercially available to both business and residential customers in the state of Maine. The University of Maine is one of the fastest-moving and leading innovators of the nationwide Gig.U initiative.  Gig.U — The University Community Next Generation Innovation Project – is a broad-based group of 37 … Continue reading →

Staying Connected: GWI eager for completion of the Three Ring Binder

GWI Signs Top Corporate Partner Deal With Leading Maine Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program

Biddeford, Maine – Maine-based GWI, Inc. and the Maine Center For Entrepreneurial Development (MCED) today announced a partnership whereby GWI will become a top Maine corporate sponsor and Technology Innovation and Mission Partner for all of MCED’s economic development efforts across the state.  Over the next three years, GWI will provide both cash to fund programs and industry leading Internet and cloud computing resources for MCED and participating entrepreneurs. In return, MCED will connect GWI to the growing community of scalable innovation based companies across Maine. The announcement is the latest sign that innovation and entrepreneurship is rebounding in Maine. MCED was part of the Blackstone Charitable Foundation recent announcement of a three-year, $3 million partnership of innovation and entrepreneurship programs with the goal of creating 10,000 new jobs and $664 million in new business revenue over ten years.  In addition, MCED recently announced a partnership with two other Maine … Continue reading →

GWI Announces Managed Security Services Offering

Businesses Can Benefit from Best-In-Class Security, 24/7 Support & Flexible Pricing Packages BIDDEFORD, MAINE – Leading northern New England telecommunications company GWI, Inc. today announced a new Managed Security Services offering providing businesses of all sizes with best-in-class data security, 24/7 support and flexible pricing packages. Businesses face new and more sophisticated attacks on their information technology (IT) infrastructure every day, yet not every business has full time IT staff or the specialized network experience to monitor the health and readiness of their protective firewall. GWI’s new Managed Network Security service offers customers three different plans – Essential, Enhanced and Complete Security – to protect their business infrastructure beginning at $125 per month. “GWI is committed to being the trusted, local partner business leaders know they can count on to make sure their technology is doing all it can to protect and grow their business,” said GWI CEO Fletcher Kittredge.  … Continue reading →

University of Maine at Farmington hosts talk by 2011 MaineBiz Large Company Business Leader of the Year Fletcher Kittredge, Nov. 2

FARMINGTON, ME (October 24, 2011)—University of Maine at Farmington is hosting a presentation by Fletcher Kittredge, entrepreneur, businessman and founder and chief executive officer of GWI, Inc.—a leader in Northern New England’s telecommunication industry. The talk entitled “So What Do You Do with an English Major?” will take place at 11:45 a.m., on Wednesday, Nov. 2, in North Dining Hall in the UMF Olsen Student Center, and is free and open to the public. Kittredge was named 2011 MaineBiz Large Company Business Leader of the Year in recognition for the continued rapid growth of GWI and his leadership on broadband expansion in Maine. In his presentation, Kittredge, joined by Colin Haley, his special assistant, will discuss how a liberal arts education provides good preparation for successful careers in this age of globalization. Both Kittredge and Haley will share their personal experiences on how they built on their liberal arts educations … Continue reading →

GWI Recognized As One of The Nation’s Fastest Growing Private Companies: Biddeford-Based Company Makes Inc. 500/5000 List for the Fourth Time

Biddeford, Maine – Biddeford-based GWI was recognized as one of the fastest growing private companies in America by Inc. magazine today and became one of a very small group of Maine companies to have made the national list four times. GWI, which offers innovative and cost effective telephone and Internet solutions for business and residential customers in Maine and New Hampshire, was selected for achieving 23 percent growth over a three-year period. “Making the Inc. 500/5000 four times in the last nine years is a testament to the hard work of GWI’s management team and employees,” said GWI CEO Fletcher Kittredge.  “As a company, we strive to provide our business and residential customers with the best possible technology and fast, friendly customer service at a reasonable price. We are grateful to our customers for the growth GWI has achieved as a result of that approach to providing phone and Internet … Continue reading →