March 06, 2014 – BOULDER, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–zColo, the colocation division of international Bandwidth Infrastructure provider Zayo Group, LLC (“Zayo”), today announced it has acquired CoreXchange, Inc., a data center, bandwidth and managed services provider in Dallas, Texas. The purchase adds one new data center, located...Learn More

February 18, 2014 — FRISCO, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–GENBAND, a leading developer of multimedia and cloud communications solutions, today announced it has agreed to acquire uReach Technologies, which includes a carrier-class portfolio of voice, video and unified messaging solutions and services. For over a decade, uReach Technologies...Learn More

A Comcast/ Time Warner Cable merger, announced today, would aim to combine product offerings from both sides of the house. The merger “will create a world class blue chip company committed to innovation,” said Comcast CEO Brian Roberts on a conference call with investors this...Learn More

Telephone and Data Systems is “delighted” with how its acquisition of cable company Baja Broadband is playing out and would consider making similar acquisitions in the future, said LeRoy T. Carlson Jr., TDS president and CEO in a question-and-answer session at Stifel Nicolaus 2014 Technology,...Learn More

February 07, 2014 08:34 AM  — RIDGELAND, Miss.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–C Spire announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Callis Communications, a fast-growing provider of cloud-based communications services for businesses. Based in Mobile, Alabama, Callis serves customers in key business markets across the Southeast and,...Learn More

The rural telecom consolidation trend continued today with USConnect’s announcement that it has completed the acquisition of six more rural telcos. USConnect, whose majority owners include five other rural telcos, appeared on the scene back in July of last year with the specific purpose of...Learn More

It’s a major focus of the telecom industry these days – revenue diversification. It doesn’t just apply to ILECs, who are looking for ways to replace declining regulated revenues. It also applies to the broader industry, as evidenced by Iowa Network Services’ (INS) latest acquisition...Learn More

Another small independent telco has enhanced its managed service offerings by investing in a company specializing in that area. Alaska Communications today said it has purchased the 51% of TekMate it didn’t already own. TekMate is a managed information technology services firm also based in...Learn More

Rumors continue to circle around the possibility of a Sprint and T-Mobile merger, accompanied with the usual speculation: How would such a merger benefit each company? What is its likelihood of gaining approval? How would the wireless market be impacted? Perhaps what is most remarkable...Learn More

Charter Communications’ efforts to acquire Time Warner Cable, previously conducted behind closed doors, gained a higher profile yesterday afternoon when Charter released its latest proposal in a press release. TWC immediately responded with a press release of its own saying that it was rejecting the...Learn More

TDS has been quite busy on the acquisition front in the past few years, assembling a variety of cloud/IT and managed services companies. Those acquisitions included VISI Incorporated; TEAM Technologies, LLC; OneNeck IT Services Corporation; Vital Support Systems, LLC and MSN Communications, Inc. All those...Learn More

January 06, 2014 — NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE:TWC) today announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of DukeNet Communications, LLC. As a result of the $600 million transaction, Time Warner Cable adds more than 8,700 route miles to its fiber...Learn More