Strategic Communications Support & Counsel for Telecom Companies Navigating Change
Partner with a communications firm that speaks telecom and understands its relentless pace, changing technology, evolving regulation, and intense competition.
Experience Matters
With decades inside the industry, we understand its relentless pace — new technologies redefining competition, evolving regulations keeping you up at night, and customer expectations always rising. To stay ahead, your story must move as fast as your network.
We’ve been in the boardroom and the media hot seat. We’ve led emergency responses, guided cultural alignment post-merger, and managed investor expectations through market highs and lows. We know what’s at stake because we’ve lived it.
You’re already stretched. Communication cannot be an afterthought. Partner with a senior-level strategist who’s been there and can help you cut through noise, manage complexity, and move your business forward with confidence.
Let’s Talk
Schedule a free consultation to explore how we can strengthen your internal and external communications, ensuring your company is ready for what’s next.
How can we help?
Communication Strategies & Support
Whether you’re expanding fiber networks, retiring copper, launching a new product, or repositioning an existing one, success depends on clear, unified messaging across every channel. We develop integrated communications strategies and core messaging that stay consistent from press releases and media outreach to internal communications and customer campaigns.
Employee Engagement & Internal Communication
We build internal communication strategies that work, connecting employees to purpose and aligning teams. Through audits, core messaging, and refreshed channels, we help organizations keep employees informed, engaged, and energized, especially during periods of change and transformation.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Once the deal is signed, communication is what makes or breaks a successful merger or acquisition — from integration planning to customer migrations. We help you retain customers, align teams, build investor and stakeholder confidence, and protect your brand with a clear, actionable communication strategy from day one.
Industry Media Relations
From national scrutiny during cyberattacks to local coverage of workforce changes and contested shareholder votes, we’ve handled it all. Tap decades of media experience to conduct reputation audits, craft precise messaging, and train spokespeople who inspire trust.
Crisis Communications
When hurricanes hit, systems fail, or hacks break news, the stakes are high. We’ve been at the center of emergency operations and know what it takes to communicate calmly, clearly, and credibly under pressure.
Regulatory Communications
Navigating regulatory change requires both industry knowledge and clear, credible messaging. We help translate complex requirements into communications that stakeholders can understand and regulators can trust.
Investor Relations & Financial Communications
Nearly two decades of leading investor communications for public and private telecom companies has taught us that credibility is everything. From earnings calls and dividend cuts to refinancings and merger announcements, we develop strategic communications that help investors navigate change, build confidence, and support fair valuations.
Decades of Telecom Leadership Experience
Hear What Telecom Leaders Are Saying
“During a period of significant transformation, Jennifer was a trusted member of our executive team and a critical leader in our success. She brought exceptional strategic insight and clarity, particularly when the stakes were high.
Jennifer has a rare ability to connect strategy to story—aligning communications that engage employees, strengthen culture, and build confidence with investors, customers, and partners. Through Spaude Consulting, she brings the same excellence, collaborative approach, and ability to distill complexity into clear, actionable strategies for leaders navigating growth, change, or reputation challenges.”
—Bob Udell, Former President and CEO, Fidium, Consolidated Communications
“As CFO of Consolidated Communications, I worked closely with Jennifer from 2014 to 2022 on investor and Board communications during a period marked by significant acquisitions, large-scale integrations, multiple refinancings, and major business transformation.
Throughout this time, Jennifer was a strong partner and trusted advisor to both the broader leadership team and me. She ensured our investor and stakeholder communications were aligned, transparent, and consistently ahead of expectations.”
—Steve Childers, Former CFO, Consolidated Communications
“As CFO of Consolidated Communications, I worked closely with Jennifer from 2014 to 2022 on investor and Board communications during a period marked by significant acquisitions, large-scale integrations, multiple refinancings, and major business transformation.
Throughout this time, Jennifer was a strong partner and trusted advisor to both the broader leadership team and me. She ensured our investor and stakeholder communications were aligned, transparent, and consistently ahead of expectations.”
—Steve Childers, Former CFO, Consolidated Communications