April 01, 2014 — OVERLAND PARK, Kan.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Rural Broadband Investments (“RBI”) today announced it has closed the acquisition of City Cable from The City of Poplar Bluff, Missouri. The acquisition comes shortly after RBI’s initial platform investment in NewWave Communications (“NewWave”) and the follow-on acquisitions...Learn More

March 13, 2014 — DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AT&T* today closed its acquisition of prepaid wireless provider Leap Wireless International Inc., which operates under the Cricket brand. AT&T announced in July 2013 that it would acquire all of Leap’s stock and wireless properties, including licenses, network assets, retail...Learn More

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