New ULM Telecom Inc. (NULM.OB)

New Ulm Telecom, Inc. engages in the operation of incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) in southern Minnesota and northern Iowa. The company connects customers to the telephone network; provides switched service and dedicated private lines, connecting customers to long distance service providers; and offers other services associated with ILECs. It also provides cable television services; Internet access services, including dial-up access and high-speed digital subscriber line access; and long distance services. It installs and maintains telephone systems to the areas in and around its ILEC service territories. As of December 31, 2007, the company served approximately 16,100 access lines. The company offers telephone service in Minnesota to the cities of New Ulm, Courtland, Klossner, Searles, Redwood Falls, Springfield, and Sanborn, as well as to the adjacent rural areas in Brown, Nicollet, Blue Earth, and Redwood counties in south central Minnesota. It operated 10 cable television systems in Minnesota, including the cities of New Ulm, Courtland, Redwood Falls, Springfield, Sanborn Jeffers, Cologne, Mayer, New Market Township, and New Germany; and 1 cable television system in Iowa. In addition, the company also sells and services cellular phones and accessories, and customer premise equipment; and sells and services telephone apparatus, toll transport services, as well as provides voice-mail services on a retail level. New Ulm Telecom was founded in 1905 and is headquartered in New Ulm, Minnesota.