Provider certification record
BEK Communications Cooperative
Listed- RMD number
- RMD0004415
- FRN
- 0002477636
- OCN
- 1604
Identity
- Legal business name
- BEK Communications Cooperative
- Doing-business-as
- Foreign Voice Service Provider
- No
- Business address
- 200 E Broadway, P.O. Box 230, Steele ND 58482
- Filing contact
- Jesse Gunsch
Chief Operations Officer · Executive
jesseg@bektel.coop
(701) 475-1396
200 E Broadway Steele ND 58482
United States of America - Principals, Affiliates, Subsidiaries, and Parent Companies
- BEK Communications Cooperative does not have a parent company. Derrick Bulawa is the General Manager of BEK Communications Cooperative and all its subsidiaries. Derrick Bulawa operates BEK Communications Cooperative in accordance with the decisions made by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors has managing control of BEK Communications Cooperative. The Board of Directors consists of: Brett Stroh – President Kevin Bernhardt – Vice President William (Bill) Becker - Secretary/Treasurer Shane Morris – Director Sanford Williams – Director Bob Subart – Director Holly Will – Director Ed Everson – Director Charlie Dunbar - Director North Dakota Long Distance (NDLD) is an Affiliate of BEK Communications Cooperative. BEK Communications Cooperative owns 11.11% of NDLD.
Classification
- Provider role(s)
- Voice service provider
- STIR/SHAKEN implementation
Role Implementation Voice service provider Partial Overall Partial - Exemption rules
- BEK 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). BEK provides voice service to fewer than 100,000 voice subscriber lines. BEK’s non-IP network is connected to carriers that do not support IP connectivity; therefore, BEK cannot upgrade the Non-IP connections to IP connectivity. To continue to meet the non-IP network criteria for the continuing STIR SHAKEN extension (§ 64.6303 (a)(2)), BEK 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 BEK’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
- Jesse Gunsch
- Date
- 2026-02-26Last Recertified 2026-02-26
Listing history
| Date | Event | Detail / diff |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-13 | New | Initial certification filed and added to database. |