Provider certification record
FIVE AREA TELEPHONE COOP., INC.
Listed- RMD number
- RMD0001826
- FRN
- 0003742103
- OCN
- 2071
Identity
- Legal business name
- FIVE AREA TELEPHONE COOP., INC.
- Doing-business-as
- Foreign Voice Service Provider
- No
- Business address
- PO Box 448, MULESHOE TX 79347
- Filing contact
- Jackie Ethridge
Plant Supervisor · Plant
jackie@fivearea.com
(806) 272-5533
302 Uvalde St MULESHOE TX 79347
United States of America - Principals, Affiliates, Subsidiaries, and Parent Companies
- Chris Bass is the President of Five Area Telephone Cooperative. Tom Watson is the Vice President of Five Area Telephone Cooperative. Keith Burch is Secretary of Five Area Telephone Cooperative. Glen Lyon is a director for Five Area Telephone Cooperative. Brent Nelson is a director for Five Area Telephone Cooperative. Jake Timmons is A director for Five Area Telephone Cooperative. Chris Timms is a director for Five Area Telephone Cooperative. Melinda Locke serves as CEO of Five Area Telephone Cooperative. Melinda Locke has Managing Control of Five Area Telephone Cooperative and all its affiliates and subsidiaries. West Plains Telecommunications, Inc. is a subsidiary of Five Area Telephone Cooperative. Five Area Telephone Cooperative has 100% ownership of West Plains Telecommunications, Inc. Five Area Long Distance, Inc is an Affiliate of Five Area Telephone Cooperative. Five Area Telephone Cooperative has 100% ownership of Five Area Long Distance, Inc. Five Area Systems, LLC is owned by Five Area Telephone Cooperative. Five Area Telephone Cooperative, Inc has 100% ownership of Five Area Systems, LLC.
Classification
- Provider role(s)
- Voice service provider
- STIR/SHAKEN implementation
Role Implementation Voice service provider Partial Overall Partial - Exemption rules
- Five Area Telephone Cooperative, Inc (Five Area), Operating Company Number 2071, is eligible for the continuing extension of the STIR SHAKEN implementation deadline as a small voice service provider (§64.6304 (a)(2) that has non-IP portions within its network §64.6304(d). To meet the non-IP network criteria for the continuing STIR SHAKEN extension (§ 64.6303 (a)(2)), Five Area is a member of NTCA. NTCA participates on the ATIS PTSC Non-IP Call Authentication Task Force working group which developed the (ATIS Solutions) non-IP call authentication solutions. NTCA is serving as Five Area's third-party representative on the ATIS PTSC Non-IP Call Authentication Task Force working group.
Prior investigations / actions
- Description
Robocall mitigation plan
Declaration
- By
- Melinda Locke
- Date
- 2026-02-10Last Recertified 2026-02-04
Listing history
| Date | Event | Detail / diff |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-10 | New | Initial certification filed and added to database. |