Jaroth, Inc. d/b/a Pacific Telemanagement Services is a nationwide operator of

payphones A payphone (alternative spelling: pay phone) is typically a coin-operated public telephone, often located in a telephone booth or in high-traffic outdoor areas, with prepayment by inserting money (usually coins) or by billing a credit or debit ...

in the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

based in

San Leandro, California San Leandro (Spanish for " St. Leander") is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. It is located in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area; between Oakland to the northwest, and Ashland, Castro Valley, and Hayward to the sou ...

. It was founded in 1984 and has taken over many pay telephone operations that major telephone companies have abandoned. Many

AT&T AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas. It is the world's largest telecommunications company by revenue and the third largest provider of mobile tel ...

payphones were sold to PTS in 2008. Former AT&T payphone

Pacific Telemanagement purchased most of the payphone operations of Verizon in October 2011.

FairPoint Communications FairPoint Communications, Inc. was headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and operated communication services in 31 markets in 17 states, mostly in rural areas. FairPoint services include local and long distance phone service, data, Interne ...

announced it would sell its payphone business to PTS on May 22, 2012.(2012-05-22)
FairPoint Communications Announces Sale of Payphone Operations
''PRNewsWire''. Retrieved 2012-05-22. The sale makes

Frontier Communications Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. (known as Citizens Utilities Company until May 2000 and Citizens Communications Company until July 31, 2008) is an American telecommunications company. The company previously served primarily rural areas and s ...

as one of the last major telecommunications providers continuing to operate payphones. Pacific Telemanagement Services operates approximately 25,000 payphones across the US.

References

External links

PTS Website
Companies based in San Leandro, California Pay telephone operators of the United States 1984 establishments in California