SureWest to Report Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2005 Results March 1

SureWest to Report Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2005 Results March 1

ROSEVILLE, Calif., Jan. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Leading independent telecommunications holding company SureWest Communications (NASDAQ:SURW) will release financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December, 31, 2005, before the market opens on Wednesday, March 1, 2006.

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The Company will host a conference call and live Webcast at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, March 1 to discuss fourth quarter and full year 2005 results. Open to the public, the Webcast will be available from the Company's investor relations website at www.surw.com and via replay shortly after completion of the call. A telephone replay of the conference will also be available a short time after the conference call and through Saturday, March 4, by dialing 888-286-8010 and entering passcode 26452794. Be sure to visit www.surw.com for updates prior to the call.

About SureWest Communications

With more than 90 years in Northern California, SureWest and its family of companies together provide a wide variety of highly reliable advanced communications products and services. SureWest provides digital TV, fiber optics, PCS wireless, DSL, high-speed Internet access, data transport, local and long distance telephone service, and directories with the highest standards of customer care. For more information, visit the SureWest web site at www.surewest.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

Statements made in this news release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements and are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases, these forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as may, will, should, expect, plan, anticipate, or project or the negative of those words or other comparable words. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, assumptions and uncertainties that could cause the company's actual results to differ from those projected in such forward-looking statements.

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: advances in telecommunications technology, changes in the telecommunications regulatory environment, changes in the financial stability of other telecommunications providers who are customers of the company, changes in competition in markets in which the company operates, adverse circumstances affecting the economy in California in general, and in the Sacramento, California Metropolitan area in particular, the availability of future financing, changes in the demand for services and products, new product and service development and introductions, pending and future litigation, the internal control issues identified by the company, and unanticipated changes in the growth of the company's emerging businesses, including the wireless, Internet, video and Competitive Local Exchange Carrier operating entities.

Contact: Karlyn Oberg
Director of Investor Relations
916-786-1799
k.oberg@surewest.com

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CONTACT: Karlyn Oberg, Director of Investor Relations of SureWest
Communications, +1-916-786-1799, or k.oberg@surewest.com

Web site: http://www.surewest.com/

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