Provider certification record

Citizens Communications, Inc.

Listed
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RMD number
RMD0028568
FRN
0022842173
OCN
0355

Identity

Legal business name
Citizens Communications, Inc.
Doing-business-as
Citizens Telephone Co., Inc. Sowega.Net
Foreign Voice Service Provider
No
Business address
134 N. Bailey Ave, Leslie GA 31764
Filing contact
Thomas Hickey
Central Office Technician · Central Office
thomashickey@citizensdsl.com
(229) 874-2238
134 N Bailey Ave. Leslie GA 31764
United States of America
Principals, Affiliates, Subsidiaries, and Parent Companies
The Principals of Citizens Telephone Co., Inc. is: Jessica Molina Co-President with Emmilyn Boykin of Citizens Telephone Co., Inc. with Managing Control of its affiliates. Citizens Telephone Co., Inc. is the Parent company of Citizens Communications and Sowega.Net, which are affiliates of Citizens Telephone Co., Inc.

Classification

Provider role(s)
  • Voice service provider
STIR/SHAKEN implementation
RoleImplementation
Voice service providerPartial
OverallPartial
Exemption rules
Citizens Telephone Company (Citizens), Operating Company Number 0355, 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). Citizens provides local service to fewer than 100,000 voice subscriber lines. Most customers are served on the IP portions of the Citizens 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)). Citizens 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 Citizens' third-party representative on the ATIS PTSC Non-IP Call Authentication Task Force working group.

Prior investigations / actions

Description
 

Robocall mitigation plan

PDF CITIZENS TELEPHONE CO. INC. GA - ROBOCALL MITIGATION PLAN 2026.pdfFiled 2026-02-25 · 116 KB

Declaration

By
Jessica Molina
Date
2026-02-25Last Recertified 2026-02-25

Listing history

DateEventDetail / diff
2026-03-18NewInitial certification filed and added to database.