CloseCall America, also called CloseCall, is a telephone

Telephone

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, wireless

Wireless

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 and Internet service provider

Internet service provider

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 formed in 1999, with operations headquartered in Stevensville, Maryland

Stevensville, Maryland

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. It provides service throughout the United States.

Founded in 1999, CloseCall is a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) operating in 48 states of the US. CloseCall currently provides voice and data services to businesses, residential, and government customers on a combination of resold networks from the incumbent carriers. In May 1999, Stephen Ruppert founded CloseCall America. The company is a subsidiary

Subsidiary

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of MobilePro, having been acquired by MobilePro in 2004.