Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. to Release Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2008 Results and Hold Conference Call on March 12, 2009

MATTOON, Ill., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: CNSL) intends to release its fourth quarter and year-end 2009 financial results before the market opens on March 12, 2009. The company intends to host a conference call and simultaneous webcast at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time / 10:00 a.m. Central Time on the same day.

The call is being webcast and can be accessed from the "Investor Relations" section of the company's website at http://www.consolidated.com. The webcast will also be archived on the company's website. If you do not have internet access, the conference call dial-in number is 1-866-395-2185. International parties can access the call by dialing 1-706-758-1344. A telephonic replay of the conference call will also be available starting two hours after completion of the call until March 26, 2009 at midnight ET. To hear the replay, parties in the United States and Canada should call 1-800-642-1687 and international parties should call 1-706-645-9291 and enter pass code 82734883.

About Consolidated

Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. is an established rural local exchange company providing voice, data and video services to residential and business customers in Illinois, Texas and Pennsylvania. Each of the operating companies has been operating in its local market for over 100 years. With approximately 270,352 ILEC access lines, 74,762 Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) access line equivalents, 89,129 DSL subscribers, and 15,454 IPTV subscribers, Consolidated Communications offers a wide range of telecommunications services, including local and long distance service, custom calling features, private line services, high-speed Internet access, digital TV, carrier access services, and directory publishing. Consolidated Communications is the 13th largest local telephone company in the United States.