Provider certification record

Manawa Telephone Company, Inc.

Listed
RMD number
RMD0002710
FRN
0002719474
OCN
0905

Identity

Legal business name
Manawa Telephone Company, Inc.
Doing-business-as
Solarus
Foreign Voice Service Provider
No
Business address
440 East Grand Avenue, P.O. Box 8045, Wisconsin Rapids WI 54495
Filing contact
Jamey Lysne
CEO · Executive
lysne@solarus.net
(715) 421-8174
440 East Grand Avenue Wisconsin Rapids WI 54494
United States of America
Principals, Affiliates, Subsidiaries, and Parent Companies
The Principals of Manawa Telephone Company are: Jamey L. serves as CEO. Kurtis Bredda, Director of Network Services, manages the voice network and regulatory compliance filings. Wood County Telephone Company has managing control of Manawa Telephone Company. Manawa Telephone Company is a subsidiary of Wood County Telephone Company (OCN 0974). Central Wisconsin Communications LLC (OCN 997C) is an affiliate of Manawa Telephone Company. Manawa Telephone Company does business as Solarus. The parent company of Manawa Telephone Company is Wood County Telephone Company.

Classification

Provider role(s)
  • Voice service provider
STIR/SHAKEN implementation
RoleImplementation
Voice service providerPartial
OverallPartial
Exemption rules
Solarus 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). Solarus provides local service to fewer than 100,000 voice subscriber lines. The majority of customers are served on the IP portions of the Solarus network which relies on technology that initiate, maintain, carry, process, and terminate SIP calls. To meet the non-IP network criteria for the continuing STIR SHAKEN extension (§ 64.6303 (a)(2)), Solarus 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 Solarus’ third-party representative on the ATIS PTSC Non-IP Call Authentication Task Force working group.

Prior investigations / actions

Description
 

Robocall mitigation plan

Declaration

By
Jamey Lysne
Date
2026-02-24Last Recertified 2026-02-24

Listing history

DateEventDetail / diff
2026-02-24NewInitial certification filed and added to database.