Great Lakes Telephone Supply, Inc. founded by Dale and Kathleen G. Putrah
1973
KGPCo is a key strategic partner to the world’s leading communication and technology companies creating the next generation of networks. By uniquely combining Network Services and Supply Chain Solutions to build, optimize, and maintain networks, our team’s unmatched expertise enables our customers to navigate today’s challenges, implement tomorrow’s innovations, and build the future. KGPCo OneTouch™ provides a single source for everything from design and architecture to production and sourcing to installation and support.
From ground to cloud, KGPCo is the only company in the industry that offers a complete range of solutions and an integrated approach to build, optimize, and maintain networks.
Since 1973, KGPCo has built unique offerings of Supply Chain, Distribution, Integration Services, and Network Services including OSP, ISP and Network Cloud by understanding industry challenges and relying on the solid foundation of hard work and perseverance established by founders Kathleen and Dale Putrah. It’s this legacy that has established an unequaled Customer First philosophy for KGPCo - Products, Services, and Network Cloud.
Great Lakes Telephone Supply, Inc. founded by Dale and Kathleen G. Putrah
1973
Acquired Factory-Installed Termination System facility from Tyco Electronics
2001
Acquired EMBARQ Logistics
2009
Acquired Tempest DAS/ Small Cell Division
2014
Acquired CommScope ASI Field Services Division
2016
Equity Investments in ATS, a division of TTU
Acquired assets of Hutton Communications of Canada to form KGPCo Canada
2018
Largest, most-diverse set of solutions serving wireless, wireline, broadband cable and utilities markets in the U.S. and globally
Today
1982
KGP Telecommunications, Inc. was started by Kathleen G. Putrah as a women-owned business
2002
Acquired integration division of TDB Communications, Inc
2012
Acquired TE Connectivity Professional Services and TriNet Communications. Created BlueStream Professional Services.
2015
Acquired AFL EF&I Division
2017
KGP Logistics & Division are rebranded as KGPCo
Solution Innovation Center Launched
2022
KGPCo Partnership with Circet forms KGP Services