Pioneer Telephone Cooperative, Inc. was formed as a cooperative telephone company in 1953, with four exchanges, four part time employees, and an investment of $50,000, at a time when rural residents had no telephone service. Today, Pioneer Telephone employs more than 600 people; our service area covers 76 exchanges, 10,900 square miles, and serves more than 140,000 members/customers in the 30 Oklahoma counties. Pioneer Telephone has grown into a multimillion dollar corporation, qualifying it as the fourth largest telephone cooperative in the United States.

            Diversification has helped Pioneer Telephone achieve substantial growth in the past two decades, and is expected to lead us through the massive changes going on in the telephone industry today. As a “Total Communications Company,” Pioneer Telephone offers a wide variety of the latest in telecommunications products and services including Digital Television, High-Speed Internet (both wireless & landline), Cellular (EVDO Rev A), Security Systems, Long Distance and Directory advertising.

 As the telecommunications industry evolves to wireless, Pioneer continually seeks new service products and offerings in an effort to add value to traditional landline service. 

            Since 1953, Pioneer Telephone has committed itself to provide complete service for its customers. This has not only allowed us to understand them better, but show them how they can benefit from the innovation we have to offer. As these new innovations become available, Pioneer Telephone well be here to steer you in the right direction and provide the best connections for home or business. It is the right expertise that has allowed us to adapt our service throughout the years to become a “Total Communications Company,” as well as “Partners in Progress” with our communities.

            Pioneer provides many programs as a community service to respective schools and hospitals within its service areas. One such program is the “Partner” School program, where as Pioneer Long Distance designates one cent of every minute of use from their long distance calling plans for K-12 schools throughout the Pioneer service areas. To date, the program has allocated more than $495,000 to 163 schools since implementation of the program in February, 2003. The “Partner Care” program is designed to provide comfort to the children recovering from illness and/or surgery with 8” plush replica dolls of Pioneer’s mascot “Partner.”   Additionally, Pioneer facilitates programs to elementary children on topics including E911 and Internet Safety and  has held local food and back-to-school supply drives in an effort to help others in need. Another community service Pioneer has provided for many, many years is the annual “Santa Call In.” Employees of Pioneer volunteer their time to assist in transferring calls for numerous eager kids to speak with Santa at the North Pole. On average, Pioneer employees assist with more than 1,800 calls per year.