HickoryTech Named to Fortune Small Business Magazine's 100 Fastest Growing Small...

HickoryTech Named to Fortune Small Business Magazine's 100 Fastest Growing Small
Public Companies

MANKATO, Minn., July 7, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HickoryTech Corporation
(Nasdaq:HTCO), an integrated communications solution provider, has been added to
the Fortune Small Business 100 list of the fastest-growing small public
companies in the U.S. and ranked 63rd on the list.

"HickoryTech is honored to be recognized as a part of the Fortune Small Business
100 fastest-growing small public companies," said John Finke, HickoryTech
president and chief executive officer. "Our growth over the past three years
reflects our dedication and commitment to delivering competitive communication
services and our focus on expanding our business-to-business services."

The FSB 100 ranking of the 100 fastest-growing small companies in America is
compiled by the financial research firm Zacks, which looks at public companies
with annual revenue of less than $200 million and a stock price of more than $1.
Companies were ranked based on earnings growth, revenue growth and stock
performance over the past three years. The list appears in the July/August 2009
issue of Fortune Small Business, and at
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb100/2009/full_list/.

About Fortune Small Business

Fortune Small Business is a general interest business magazine published ten
times a year as a joint venture by The Fortune Group at Time Inc. and American
Express Small Business Services. Each issue provides hard-hitting, informative
coverage of the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. economy -- small business.
FSB is delivered to 1 million small business owners. Time Inc. is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Time Warner. For more information, please visit
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb.

About HickoryTech

HickoryTech Corporation (Nasdaq:HTCO), headquartered in Mankato, Minn., offers
integrated communication solutions to business and residential customers over a
regional fiber network. The company, founded in 1898, has approximately 430
employees. The Telecom Sector, with facilities-based operations in Minnesota and
Iowa, offers local voice, long distance, high-speed Internet, Digital TV, and IP
networking services to residential and business customers. In addition, the
Telecom Sector develops telecom and carrier access billing solutions and
customer management systems. The Enventis Sector provides IP-based voice, data
and network solutions to businesses across a five-state region. For more
information, visit www.hickorytech.com.

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CONTACT: HickoryTech Corporation
Jennifer Spaude
507-386-3765