1985 - Ty Glassford opens the Montgomery branch for Comtex International and serves as Branch Sales Manager. Sales of new systems exceeds $100,000 two of the first six months. Montgomery branch is profitable at the close of fiscal year ending 12/31/85.
1986 - After being fired, Ty Glassford purchased the local office and customer base out of bankruptcy in December and incorporates in Alabama as Comtex of Alabama, Inc. This company was started based on his committment to service the warranty of those customers already sold and installed even though he received none of the revenue from the sale. Account executive Barbara Fischer is offerred equity position and becomes V.P. of Sales.
1987 - Comtex of Birmingham, Inc. was formed and Don McCarty is offerred equity position and becomes President of Birmingham operation. Comtex employs close to 20 between both locations.
1989 - Comtex builds a new location in Montgomery to accommodate the expansion of its service department and administrative offices, while providing more room for parts storage.
1992 - Comtex enters into agreement with Bellsouth to sell local service to customer base providing an even higher level of customer service and convenience as well as a single source, one-stop buying experience.
1996 - Ty Glassford is appointed to Dealer Advisory Board for Iwatsu America which is responsible for end-user feedback to Iwatsu for future hardware and software enhancements. Comtex becomes Beta Test site for several products.
1997 - Comtex installs its first LAN integration to Voice Mail system for US Air Force at Maxwell AFB.
1998 - Comtex successfully installs its first Voice Over IP system between Birmingham and Montgomery using 256 K data circuit.
2000 - Comtex reaches milestone by installing its 2000th telephone system.
2002 - Comtex installs first wireless Omega Trek telephone system for large campus.
2004 - Comtex continues to grow and posts 20 year first quarter sales record. Completes recovery after down economy and posts annual profit of 8.6% on revenues for FYE 12/31/03.
2005 - New technology leads Comtex to introduce new product line that includes VOIP, TDM, SIP, and H.323 capabilities all built into a single system/platform, the Enterprise Communication System (ECS) from Iwatsu Voice Networks.
2006 - Comtex exceeds annual sales objective for Iwatsu Voice Networks fiscal year ending March 31 and ranks in TOP 20 out of 250 distributors nationally.
2007 - Comtex installs multiple VOIP systems and telephones for remote workers and also announces the release of new Omega 924 Telephone System for businesses with up to 24 phones.
Jan 2008 - Comtex expands sales department and will look for opportunites within a 75 mile radius of its primary market.
Mar 2008 - Comtex announces partnership with Century-Tel to complete customer's one-stop shop experience.