SURW Surewest Communications (MM)

ROSEVILLE, Calif., Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Leading independent communications holding company SureWest Communications (NASDAQ:SURW) will participate in the 2008 Stephens Inc. Fall Investment Conference at The New York Palace Hotel in New York on Wednesday, November 19, 2008. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050908/SFSUREWESTLOGO) Steve Oldham, president and CEO, is scheduled to speak at 2:30 p.m. ET. A webcast will be available live that day and for replay afterward via SureWest's Investor Relations page at http://www.surw.com/. When tuning in, allow appropriate advance time for registration. About SureWest SureWest Communications (http://www.surewest.com/) is one of the nation's leading integrated communications providers and is the bandwidth leader in the markets it serves. Headquartered in Northern California for more than 90 years, the company expanded into the Kansas City region in February 2008 with the acquisition of Everest Broadband, Inc. and offers bundled residential and commercial services that include IP-based digital and high-definition television, high-speed Internet, Voice over IP, and local and long distance telephone. Its fiber-to-the-premise IP-based network in the Sacramento region features the fastest symmetrical Internet speeds in the nation at up to 50 Mbps. In its Kansas City market (http://www.surewestkc.com/), 75 percent of the company's customers subscribe to at least three services. Contacts: Ron Rogers Corporate Communications 916-746-3123 Misty Wells Investor Relations 916-786-1799 http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050908/SFSUREWESTLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: SureWest Communications CONTACT: Ron Rogers, Corporate Communications, +1-916-746-3123, ; or Misty Wells, Investor Relations, +1-916-786-1799, , both of SureWest Communications Web site: http://www.surewest.com/

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