Southern Indiana Business Report
MONTGOMERY – RTC Communications is expanding its service footprint with plans to open an office in Washington.
RTC announced this week that the rapid growth of fiber internet in Daviess, Martin, Lawrence and Knox counties prompted the company to seek additional work space for office personnel.
The company said in a press release that with the fast growth in infrastructure and services, the capacity at the office in Montgomery has become a challenge.
RTC purchased a building at 311 E. Main St. in downtown Washington and will maintain its headquarters in Montgomery.
With the recently approved $3.4 million Commons Project, which will bring outdoor gathering pavilions and performance space to Washington, RTC Communications CEO Kirk Lehman said the company is looking forward to being in Washington.
“We’re excited to be in the heart of the area and look forward to being part of the growth and revitalization of Downtown Washington,” Lehman said. “We’ve known that with the growth we have had over the last few years, adding to our footprint would become inevitable. We’re excited about the potential and possibilities of having a second location for the company and the community. We look forward to sharing our vision as we continue to work on the remodel of the Main Street building.”
RTC anticipates moving into the building in early 2024.
RTC Communications, established in 1949, has been based in Montgomery since the mid-1950s but has ventured into Washington in the past for sales and service options.
Beginning with the increase in fiber internet in 2018, RTC Communications was the first internet provider to bring true fiber-to-the-home and business in the Washington and surrounding area, according to a press release. Branding its own style of internet and business service as Intelecyn, the fiber internet provided by RTC Communications runs speeds up to 1 gigabit on the highest reliable internet infrastructure in the area. In the last five years, RTC has nearly doubled its workforce to meet the needs of its customers while putting more than $30 million of internet improvements into the four-county area.