Harmony Telephone Company Unveils Rebrand to Support Strategic Vision and Focus on Superior Full-Service Broadband

The new identity encompasses the company’s re-organization to continue providing the best broadband experience to customers.

Harmony, Minn. (11 a.m. 01/01/2024) — Harmony Telephone Company is excited to announce it has begun operating as MiBroadband.

MiBroadband is the collaborative effort of three area cooperatives committed to broadband deployment and ensuring all customers get the best from their connection. Mabel Cooperative Telephone Company, Spring Grove Communications and MiEnergy Cooperative have partnered to build a robust fiber optic network throughout the rural communities of southeast Minnesota and northeast Iowa with MiBroadband.

Committed to excellence in customer experience and reliably providing service to rural areas for many years, the parent companies of MiBroadband are passionate about the importance of quality broadband to daily life. Re-branding Harmony Telephone Company as part of MiBroadband highlights our core focus to make lives better by helping people get the best experience from their broadband connection.

MiBroadband provides excellent customer experience with all things communications related – including broadband, voice and video. MiBroadband employees deploy fixed wireless and fiber technologies, wire it to your home or business, connect your broadband enabled devices within your space, and are proud to support you and all your broadband needs. The MiBroadband team of professionals are highly trained in the technologies and electronics of today and will continue to be your full-service provider.

The team at MiBroadband is grateful for your continued support and look forward to serving you in the future.

MiBroadband: Bringing the world to your door.

Media Contact:

Jacqui VanMinsel, MiBroadband,

Director of Business & Community Affairs

Phone: 507-498-3456 8am – 5:00pm

Email: jacqui@sgc-coop.com

Harmony Telephone Company LLC, dba MiBroadband is a privately-held company in Harmony, Minn. It was purchased in 2006 by Mabel Cooperative Telephone Company and Spring Grove Communications. In 2018, MiEnergy Cooperative bought into the company to become an additional owner. It provides broadband and telephone service to Harmony and the surrounding rural area, as well as, cable TV service in Harmony. Ownership by cooperatives means providing quality service remains a top priority.

Mabel Cooperative Telephone Company is a member-owned cooperative located in Mabel, Minn. Formed in 1961, the cooperative serves five prefixes with over 1,500 subscribers in Mabel and Prosper, Minn. and Hesper, Burr Oak and Ridgeway, Iowa. Mabel Cooperative Telephone Company continues to build out its fiber network to improve local broadband and telephone service, while keeping with its tradition of providing excellent member service.

MiEnergy Cooperative is a member-owned electric distribution cooperative and is the result of a merger between Hawkeye REC, of Cresco, Iowa and Tri-County Electric Cooperative, of Rushford, Minn. in 2017. It maintains 5,500 miles of power lines covering most of Fillmore, Houston and Winona counties in Minnesota and Chickasaw, Howard and Winneshiek counties in Iowa. The cooperative also serves small pockets bordering those counties. It provides electricity to more than 18,700 members in northeastern Iowa and southeastern Minnesota. MiEnergy is a Touchstone Energy Cooperative.

Spring Grove Communications is a member-owned cooperative located in Spring Grove, Minnesota. Formed in 1959, the cooperative serves 100-square miles of southeastern Minnesota along the Iowa border and includes a small area of northeastern Iowa. It extends a 100-percent fiber network that provides local broadband, cable TV and telephone service. Spring Grove Communications strives to stay at the forefront of emerging technologies, while providing high-quality service to members.