Provider certification record

Farmers Telephone Cooperative, Inc.

Listed

Identity

Legal business name: Farmers Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Doing-business-as
Foreign Voice Service Provider: No
Business address: 1101 East Main Street, P. O. Box 588, Kingstree SC 29556
Filing contact: Michael Welch
Traffic and Translations Engineer · Network
welchm@ftc.org
(843) 382-1260
1101 East Main Street Kingstree SC 29556
United States of America
Principals, Affiliates, Subsidiaries, and Parent Companies: Farmers Telephone Cooperative, Inc.; Parent; ILEC; Roger L. Flowers - President, James L Brown III - CEO FTC Diversified Services, LLC; Subsidiary; CLEC, 100% owned by Farmers Telephone Cooperative, Inc.; Roger L. Flowers - President, James L Brown III - CEO FTC Communications, LLC; Subsidiary; Wireless, 100% owned by Farmers Telephone Cooperative, Inc.; Roger L. Flowers - President, James L Brown III - CEO

Provider role(s): Voice service provider
STIR/SHAKEN implementation: Role Implementation
Voice service provider None
Overall None
Exemption rules: Farmers Telephone Cooperative, Inc., (Operating Company Number 0520) 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). FTC provides local service to fewer than 100,000 voice subscriber lines. All customers are served on the 100% non-IP network. To meet the non-IP network criteria for the continuing STIR_SHAKEN extension §64.6303 (a)(2)), FTC 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 FTC’s third-party representative on the ATIS PTSC Non-IP Call Authentication Task Force working group.

Role	Implementation
Voice service provider	None
Overall	None

Date	Event	Detail / diff
2026-02-27	New	Initial certification filed and added to database.