Pioneer Telephone Picks Myrio

CHICAGO -- Myrio Corporation, a leading provider of IP video software and services, today announced that Pioneer Telephone Cooperative, Inc., a multi-service communications company, has selected the Myrio IP Video Platform for the deployment of IP television services to 30 counties in Oklahoma. Myrio’s flexible platform allows Pioneer Telephone to offer advanced video services to more than 30,000 co-op subscribers.

Pioneer Telephone is the third largest telephone cooperative in the United States providing customers with numerous communications products and services, including cellular, DSL, long distance, Internet, paging, security systems, key system sales/maintenance and directory advertisement. By deploying the Myrio IP Video Platform, Pioneer Telephone will begin offering a voice, data and video bundle, which will include digital television and pay-per-view, by mid-summer 2004.

“The massive changes occurring in the telephone industry today requires Pioneer Telephone to deploy a flexible IP video solution quickly and cost-effectively,” said Richard Ruhl, General Manager of Pioneer Telephone Cooperative. “Myrio has an excellent reputation for delivering a state-of-the-art digital video solution that will help us to generate additional revenue and provide continuous support as our subscriber base grows.”

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