Succeeding Through a Changing Telecommunications Industry

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Following the 1978 deregulation of the phone industry, Deane Wurst, president of Tele-Solutions Inc., took advantage of the change and started his own business.

Tele-Solutions Inc. now handles the managed IT and voice solution needs of businesses throughout the area. But TSI started in 1984 as a telephone business with five people – Wurst, three technicians and a salesperson. Wurst was commuting before relocating the family.

The business changed from Voice over Internet Protocol and networks to computer support. The evolution to IT infrastructure, fiber installations, structured cabling and now cybersecurity has required the company to keep up with changing technology.

“I always say we do blacktop to desktop,” says Jason Wurst, vice president of the company. “I work with the phone companies and the internet providers all the way to desktop support. It’s everything from a technology standpoint. Any business needs, we handle it.”

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