**Exhibit 10.23**

 

**Hawaiian Telcom &Accenture CONFIDENTIAL**

 

**AmendmentNumber Four**

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**ToApplication Services Agreement**

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**August 31,2007**

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**AMENDMENTNUMBER FOUR**

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**TOAPPLICATION SERVICES AGREEMENT**

 

This Amendment Number Four (“Amendment”),effective as of August 31, 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 intothat certain Application Services Agreement, effective as of February 5,2007 (the “Agreement”), which the Parties now desire to amend.

 

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

 

1.     **Amendment to Exhibit B-1:** Section 1.2,Term, of Exhibit B-1, Recovery Services Statement of Work, is modified to read,in its entirety, as follows:

 

****“This Statement of Workshall commence on the Effective Date and expire on December 31, 2007unless an extension is otherwise agreed upon in writing by the Parties (the “RecoveryServices Term”), provided that the expiration of this Statement of Work shallnot limit any of the warranties provided for in the Agreement.”

 

2.     **Further Amendments: **During the week of October 15,2007, representatives of the Parties shall meet to discuss in good faithchanges to the Services, the approach to the Services, whether the measurementmonth for the assessment of the Balanced Scorecard should be changed from August 2007,and any related changes in fees or charges payable pursuant to theAgreement.  In connection with such goodfaith discussions, no later than November 2, 2007, the Parties will, if,and as mutually agreed, execute a Contract Change or Amendment to theAgreement, in either case, to reflect such changes to the Services, theapproach to the Services, the measurement month for the assessment of theBalanced Scorecard, and any related changes in fees or charges payable pursuantto the Agreement, if any.

 

3.     **Defined Terms:** Any terms notdefined in this Amendment will have the same meaning as in the Agreement.

 

4.     **Effectof Amendment:**  Unless otherwise amended herein,all terms and conditions of the Agreement remain unmodified and in full forceand effect.

 

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

 

**HAWAIIAN TELCOM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.**

 
| By:               |   | /s/ Michael S. Ruley    |   |
|-------------------|--------|-------------------------|--------|
|              |   |                    |
| Name:             |   | Michael S. Ruley        |
|              |   |                    |
| Title:            |   | Chief Executive Officer |
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| Date:             |   | October 8, 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                 |
|              |   |                    |
| Date:             |   | October 8, 2007    |

 

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