Uintah Basin Electronic Telecommunications, LLC (d/b/a Strata Networks) is a rural telecommunications provider headquartered in Roosevelt, Utah (P.O. Box 398; 211 East 200 North). The LLC was incorporated in Utah on August 28, 1989, and is wholly owned by UBTA-UBET Communications, Inc., a member-owned cooperative whose roots date to 1948, when Uintah Basin residents formed a cooperative to bring telephone service to areas incumbent carriers declined to serve. Strata's own materials state it employs "over 350 people," while recent job postings say "nearly 300"; revenue is not publicly disclosed. It is privately held with no ticker.
Operations. Strata is the largest independent telecommunications provider in Utah, per company statements. Its service lines include local and long-distance telephone service, fiber-to-the-premises broadband internet, nationwide wireless (LTE) service, television/video, and business phone systems. It holds numerous FCC licenses (PCS, 2.5 GHz, 3.5 GHz/CBRS, upper microwave) and antenna-structure registrations, operates cell towers in the Uintah Basin, and builds fiber networks for Utah municipalities; it has received USDA ReConnect funding for rural fiber expansion.
Patent-litigation posture. Operating company, not an NPE. In the case data it appears once, as a defendant and never as a plaintiff — the classic profile of a carrier targeted rather than a party asserting patents. The single tracked suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, not a plaintiff-friendly Texas venue.
Notable case. Freedom Wireless, Inc. v. Centennial Cellular Operating Co. et al. (D. Mass., filed May 20, 2005) is the only tracked matter; UBET appears among the defendants. Freedom Wireless — a closely held, Phoenix-based patent holder started by inventors Douglas Fougnies and Dan Harned, listed in Stanford's NPE database as "individual-inventor-started" — asserted patents covering prepaid wireless calling (no PIN entry, billing against a prepaid account). That litigation produced a May 2005 Boston jury verdict of roughly $128 million against Boston Communications Group and several carriers. UBET's role and any outcome in that case are not detailed in the data provided.