SingleLink Unified Communications Across Mankato Area Public Schools Installed by HickoryTech

A five-year contract to provide SingleLink Unified Communications (News - Alert) throughout Mankato Area Public Schools has been awarded to HickoryTech Corporation. The voice over Internet protocol phone system across 20 Mankato Area Public School sites including more than 1,250 phones will be installed, supported and managed by HickoryTech. An announcement in this regard has been made by HickoryTech Corporation, a top provider of integrated communications.

In a release, Doug Johnson (News - Alert), director of media and technology, Mankato Area Public Schools said, “We are very pleased to partner with HickoryTech and excited about the standardization and efficiencies this platform brings to our network. It’s great working with a local company who earned the project through low bid. Not only are we getting best in class telephony with numerous features including customized dial plans, but we are also able to achieve costs savings with a system that will support our growth and future technology initiatives.”

A complete modern business communications system via a hosted service model is provided by SingleLink Unified Communications from HickoryTech. Companies need not buy any onsite servers or applications to get the best-in-class telephony, unified messaging, call center features etc. A single, centrally managed and hosted VoIP communications solution replaces businesses’ collection of voice and data equipment, services and vendors through SingleLink.

In a release, Mike Olsen, director of sales, HickoryTech said, “HickoryTech has a long track record of providing innovative technology solutions to educational institutions and we’re glad to be a part of this exciting technology upgrade for Mankato Area Public Schools. The SingleLink platform offers numerous employee productivity enhancing features, such as a single inbox with integrated e-mail, voicemail and fax, as well as efficiencies, cost savings, flexibility and scalability.”

A statewide fibre network, local phones services and long distance services are provided by HickoryTech. The company is also the only Minnesota-based company with Ethernet, MPLS, advanced fiber services, hosted voice communications, and data center services. Enventis is a subsidiary of HickoryTech. Equipment sales and support is provided by Cisco (News - Alert) Gold Certified and Master Unified Communications partner, Enventis. Businesses of all sizes across a five-state region are served with IP-based voice, data and network solutions from Enventis (News - Alert).

Further information is available at www.hickorytech.com.