**Exhibit10.26**

 

**Hawaiian Telcom & Accenture CONFIDENTIAL**

 

**Amendment Number Seven**

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**To Application Services Agreement**

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**November 15, 2007**

 

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**AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN**

 

**TO APPLICATION SERVICESAGREEMENT**

 

This Amendment Number Seven (“Amendment”),effective as of November 15, 2007 (the “Amendment Effective Date”), isbetween Hawaiian Telcom Communications, Inc. (“Hawaiian Telcom”) andAccenture LLP (“Accenture”). Accenture and Hawaiian Telcom may be referred toin this Amendment individually as “Party” and together as “Parties.”

 

The Parties entered into that certainApplication Services Agreement, effective as of February 5, 2007 (the “Agreement”),which the Parties amended effective August 31, 2007 by Amendment NumberFour. The Parties now desire to amend the Further Amendments section ofAmendment Number Four, which section was subsequently amended by AmendmentNumber Six effective November 2, 2007.

 

TheParties agree to modify and amend the Agreement, as follows:

 

1.               The “Further Amendments”section of Amendment Number Four is hereby replaced in its entirety by thefollowing:

 

**Further Amendments.**During the weekof October 15, 2007, representatives of the Parties shall meet to discussin good faith changes to the Services, the approach to the Services, whetherthe measurement month for the assessment of the Balanced Scorecard should bechanged from August 2007, and any related changes in fees or chargespayable pursuant to the Agreement. In connection with such good faithdiscussions, no later than November 30, 2007, the Parties will, if, and asmutually agreed, execute a Contract Change or Amendment to the Agreement, ineither case, to reflect such changes to the Services, the approach to theServices, the measurement month for the assessment of the Balanced Scorecard,and any related changes in fees or charges payable pursuant to the Agreement,if any.

 

2.               **DefinedTerms:** Any terms not defined in this Amendment will have the same meaning asin the Agreement.

 

3.               **Effectof Amendment:**  Unless otherwise amended herein,all terms and conditions of the Agreement, as previously amended, remainunmodified and in full force and effect.

 

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INWITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been duly executed by and on behalf of theParties hereto as of the Amendment Effective Date.

 

**HAWAIIAN TELCOM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.**

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| By:               | /s/ Michael S. Ruley    |   |
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|              |                    |
| Name:             | Michael S. Ruley        |
|              |                    |
| Title:            | Chief Executive Officer |
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| Date:             | November 11, 2007  |
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| **ACCENTURE LLP** |
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| By:               | /s/ Timothy A. Hale     |   |
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| Name:             | Timothy A. Hale         |
|              |                    |
| Title:            | Partner                 |
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| Date:             | November 16, 2007  |

 

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