US telecoms and media M&A pace to re-accelerate after a slow start in 2019
The pace of M&A among US telecoms and media companies is expected to step up as industry-shaping deals finalise later ...
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Rural US telco revenues to ramp up unscathed by Windstream bankruptcy
Rural US telcos are unlikely to be impacted by the bankruptcy Windstream filed after losing a legal battle with Aurelius Capital Management, ...
Growing private equity demand for connectivity infrastructure in overdrive as under-pressure telcos mull refinancing
Private equity firms are widely expected to snap up more connectivity infrastructure assets in 2019, particularly those divested from telcos ...
How Windstream is shifting from telecoms reseller to cloud and connectivity provider | Q&A
Windstream acquired US telecoms network management firm MASS communications in March, the latest deal in the rural telco’s push into cloud ...
FirstLight expands in eastern US with Finger Lakes acquisition as competition mounts
US-based FirstLight Fiber has acquired data, internet and voice operator Finger Lakes Technologies Group from Trumansburg Telephone Company for an undisclosed sum to boost its fibre ...
Windstream expands fibre footprint with EarthLink US$1.1bn merger completion
US rural telco and ISP Windstream has completed its US$1.1bn acquisition of managed network, cloud and internet services provider EarthLink as the spate of ...
Consolidated Communications and FairPoint Communications agree US$1.5bn merger in latest enterprise consolidation deal
US broadband and business telecoms provider Consolidated Communications is buying rival FairPoint Communications in a US$1.5bn all-stock deal as the enterprise ...
Zayo snaps up Electric Lightwave for US$1.4bn to expand West Coast fibre network
US B2B fibreco Zayo has agreed to buy smaller player Electric Lightwave, previously known as Integra Telecom, for US$1.42bn in cash in a bid ...
Lumos to buy Clarity to expand fibre footprint, hires UBS to offload LEC assets
US fibre operator Lumos Networks has agreed to acquire south-eastern-focused Clarity Communications Group for an undisclosed amount. Lumos also said it has hired UBS to help ...
Windstream and EarthLink to merge in US$1.1bn deal expanding fibre footprint
US rural telco and ISP Windstream has confirmed it has agreed to merge with managed network, cloud and internet services provider EarthLink – ...
