About ETG

Erie’s business technology partner since 1993.

Your partner and local leader in business technology.

ETG Communications service van with the company name and phone number on the door Est. 1993

Our story

From GTE to Pearl Avenue.

The name says it: ETG stands for “Ex Telephone Guys.” When GTE wound down its Erie operation, the people who had kept the region’s biggest employers connected didn’t leave town. In November 1993 Ron Bielanin, a 30-year GTE veteran, started ETG Communications to keep doing that work for Erie businesses directly, selling and servicing Nortel, ComDial and other hybrid key telephone systems. His son Scott joined in 1996 and took ETG beyond telephones into cameras, wireless, fiber and paging, and in 2012 ETG became a Certified ESI Reseller. More than three decades later ETG is still local, still owner-run, and still building its business the same way: one customer at a time, mostly by referral.

Serving Erie since
1993
Years in business
33+
Owner-run, Erie-based
Local
Including older systems
All makes

Timeline

Three decades, one crew.

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  1. 1993

    Ron Bielanin, a 30-year GTE veteran, founds ETG in November, selling and servicing Nortel, ComDial and other hybrid key telephone systems.

  2. 1996

    Scott Bielanin joins and expands ETG into cameras and surveillance, wireless access points and point-to-point links, computer and fiber cabling, overhead and underground cabling, and overhead paging.

  3. 2012

    ETG becomes a Certified Reseller for ESI (Estech Systems, Inc.) phone systems: cloud, on-premises, and premises + cloud.

  4. Today

    Still local and owner-run, installing and servicing phones, cameras, access control, Wi-Fi, cabling and paging, and still keeping older systems running.

People

The people you’ll talk to.

Ron Bielanin

Founder, Owner & President

Ron founded ETG in November 1993 after a 30-year career at General Telephone & Electronics (GTE), now Verizon. He worked his way up from pole climber to overseeing Erie’s largest private communication systems, including General Electric, American Sterilizer, International Paper (formerly Hammermill), Kaiser Aluminum and Zurn Industries. He has served on the Board of the Erie YMCA for more than 15 years and is President of the St. Mark’s Knights of Columbus. Ask him for his latest joke.

Scott Bielanin

Co-Owner — Sales, Service & Operations

Scott joined ETG in 1996 at ground level and has learned every part of the business: technology, customer service, sales, proposals, field engineering and partnerships. He grew ETG beyond telephones into camera and surveillance systems, wireless access points and point-to-point links, computer and fiber cabling, overhead and underground cabling, and overhead paging. In 2012 he led ETG’s partnership with ESI, and he keeps the company current on cloud phone systems, telephony, data and security cameras. Ask him about his latest hunting or fishing trip.

How we work

One customer at a time.

Local and owner-run

Based on Pearl Avenue in Erie, and still run by its owners.

We service what others won’t

Avaya, Nortel and NEC systems still get repaired, maintained and upgraded here.

Honest recommendations

Cloud or on-premises, new or upgraded: we recommend what fits, not what pays best.

One partner for the whole building

Phones, cameras, access control, cabling, paging and IT, planned and supported together.

For contractors, integrators & vendors

Out-of-area companies: we’re your local crew

ETG regularly works under contract for companies based outside the Erie region — national integrators, equipment vendors, manufacturers and IT firms that have a customer, a branch or a job site here and need qualified local technicians on the ground. We do it often and we enjoy it.

Tell us what the job needs and when, and we’ll tell you honestly whether we’re the right crew for it.

Get in touch
  • Contract and subcontract installation
  • On-site service calls and dispatch for your customers
  • Structured cabling, fiber and low-voltage installs
  • Phone system, camera and access control installs
  • Site surveys and as-built documentation
  • We work behind the scenes; the customer stays yours

Local since 1993

Talk to a local team that answers the phone.

Quotes, consultations and service calls across Erie and the tri-state area (PA, NY, OH).

Get a quote(814) 898-1400