The Magic Gets Smart

In March of 2001, Smart City acquired Vista-United Telecommunications, the former regulated telecom company operating as the telephone company to all of Walt Disney World and its surrounding communities.

Smart City Telecom now owns and operates the local public telephone system, which encompasses and services the Disney resort, the Disney conceived Master-Planned Community of Celebration and the mixed-use development of Little Lake Bryan. Smart City also owns and operates over 1,800 payphones in Central Florida, Nevada and Southern California.

Smart City Telecom’s service area consists of approximately 27,000 acres, or 42 square miles, located 15 miles southwest of the City of Orlando in Orange and Osceola Counties. Smart City Telecom’s largest customers are various direct and indirect subsidiaries of The Walt Disney Company. Smart City Telecom customers utilize Smart City Telecom services for residential, theme parks, hotels, restaurants, retail stores and extensive office and support facilities located throughout the Certificate Area.