Provider certification record

Darien Telephone Company Inc

Listed
RMD number
RMD0003388
FRN
0001856400
OCN
0358

Identity

Legal business name
Darien Telephone Company Inc
Doing-business-as
Darien Communications, Inc. Darien Long Distance
Foreign Voice Service Provider
No
Business address
1011 Northway, P.O. Box 575, Darien GA 31305
Filing contact
Patrick Zoucks
Regulatory Manager · Regulatory
Patrick.Zoucks@dtctel.com
(912) 437-6615
1011 Northway P.O. Box 575 Darien GA 31305
United States of America
Principals, Affiliates, Subsidiaries, and Parent Companies
Mary Lou Forsyth is the President of Darien Telephone Company, Inc. and Darien Communications, Inc. David Stevens serves as CEO of Darien Telephone Company, Inc. Darien Communications, Inc. is a subsidiary of Darien Telephone Company, Inc. Darien Telephone Company, Inc. owns 100% of Darien Communications, Inc. Darien CATV, darientel.net, and Darien Long Distance are Affiliates of Darien Telephone Company, Inc. under it's subsidiary, Darien Communications, Inc. Darien Telephone, Inc., Darien Communications, Inc. and all affiliates are owned by Mary Lou Forsyth.

Classification

Provider role(s)
  • Voice service provider
STIR/SHAKEN implementation
RoleImplementation
Voice service providerPartial
OverallPartial
Exemption rules
Darien Telephone Company, (Darien) is eligible for the continuing extension of the STIR SHAKEN implementation deadline on Non-IP networks as a small voice service provider (§64.6304 (a)(2) that has non-IP portions within its network §64.6304(d). Darien provides local service to fewer than 100,000 voice subscriber lines. A majority of the customers are served on Darien’s IP-network. To meet the non-IP network criteria for the continuing STIR SHAKEN extension (§ 64.6303 (a)(2)), Darien 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 Darien’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
Mary Lou Forsyth
Date
2026-02-18Last Recertified 2026-02-03

Listing history

DateEventDetail / diff
2026-02-18NewInitial certification filed and added to database.