In a move initially aimed at the northern Missouri market, Bridged Broadband will become a member of INDATEL.
Bridged Broadband is a newly formed consortium that aims to provide transport and connectivity platforms. INDATEL Services provides high-capacity platforms for carriers, enterprises, and governmental users nationwide. The company connects rural and urban communities and offers national aggregation points of presence that reach more than 900 independent providers in 47 states.
Bridged Broadband, which serves Missouri and the rest of the Midwest, is wholly owned by 11 regional service providers. It is launching an 800G-enabled backbone that will grow to 2,200 route miles and provide 47 points of presence. Phase one of the network covers the northern half of Missouri. Service activations there already are under way.
The press release says that the partnership with INDATEL aims to accelerate Bridged Broadband’s time to market, expand its reach, and provide scalable services to wholesale and enterprise customers. The partners intend to extend the relationship to the rest of Missouri and beyond.
“From day one, INDATEL has been about collaboration, credibility, and accelerating time to market — and those values align perfectly with what we’re building at Bridged Broadband,” Bridged Broadband President and CEO Michael Brigman said in a press release about the INDATEL partnership.
“As a startup network, brand awareness and immediate sales reach matter. Leveraging INDATEL’s established sales channel and industry relationships is a true force multiplier for us. It allows us to step into the market with instant credibility and opportunity.”
INDATEL has been making such arrangements for years. In August, 2022, it partnered with Hoosier Net, a telecommunications network middle mile collaborative headquartered in Kansas City.
Bluegrass Network in Kentucky, another INDATEL member company, announced in May 2024 that it is using coherent optics to deploy an 800 Gbps coherent network that would boost its middle-mile capacity to 33.6 Tbps.
