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EarthLink Expands to Offer Internet Connectivity to 19 Million More Households
May 21, 2019 — ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today EarthLink, provider of internet and other online services, expands its network reach by 19 million households, increasing its U.S. coverage to 53%. We are excited to announced EarthLink has expanded…
EarthLink Reveals Expansion Plans, Post Acquisition by Trive Capital
January 28, 2019 — ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–EarthLink, the long-time Atlanta-based internet provider, is pleased to announce its acquisition by Trive Capital from Windstream Holdings, Inc., in a $330 million cash deal that includes the assets of nQue…
Windstream Sheds 600K Internet Subscribers from Earthlink Sale
In a bid to bolster cash, improve its credit profile, and gain more focus on core business units, Windstream sold its legacy Earthlink consumer ISP business to Dallas-based private equity firm Trive Capital. Windstream purchased…
Windstream CEO: UCaaS and SD-WAN Opportunity Leads Windstream to Rethink Their SMB Approach
A lot of people tend to wax poetic about SD-WAN these days, but Windstream CEO Tony Thomas took it to a new level at an investor conference yesterday. A few years ago, Windstream differentiated itself…
CEO: Windstream SD-WAN and UCaaS Will Be Key to Enterprise Growth
Windstream CEO Tony Thomas is bullish on software defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) and unified communications as a service (UCaaS). When Windstream’s traditional local telecom service business began declining some years back, the company made…
Windstream CEO: We’ll Pass on OTT, Focus on Broadband and Continue to Leverage Rural Markets
Windstream’s heavily rural local service territory gives the company an advantage over other major local exchange carriers, said Windstream CEO Tony Thomas yesterday. In combination with Windstream broadband, which has seen substantial investment, the company’s…
$1.1 Billion Windstream EarthLink Acquisition Completed
The $1.1 billion Windstream EarthLink acquisition completed Friday after the FCC officially announced its approval of the deal. Windstream Holdings shareholders approved the acquisition plan at an extraordinary meeting the same day approval was received.…
FCC Approves Windstream-EarthLink Merger
FCC approves Windstream-EarthLink merger, paving the way for EarthLink to become a wholly owned, indirect Windstream subsidiary. Windstream management made a public case for the acquisition back in November 2016. “The combination will result in…
2016: A Big Year for Telecom M&A
The past year was a big one for telecom M&A. Telecompetitor covered more than two dozen mergers and acquisitions in 2016 and they involved numerous facets of the industry. Here’s a summary of key trends…
Windstream EarthLink Deal Hopes to Capitalize on Enterprise, SMB Growth Opportunity
An announced Windstream EarthLink deal has Little Rock, Ark. based Windstream acquiring Atlanta, Georgia based Earthlink for a total transaction value of $1.1 billion (including debt). The move follows an uptick in merger activity in…
EarthLink Launches 4G Wireless Internet-on-the-Go Service
ATLANTA, GA – June 19, 2013 — EarthLink, Inc., a leading IT services and communications provider, today announced the launch of its new 4G Internet-on-the-Go wireless mobile Internet plans for consumers. Powered by Clearwire’s 4G…
EarthLink Acquires Managed IT Provider CenterBeam
Continuing with its transformation from a consumer focused ISP to an enterprise IT and managed services provider, EarthLink made another acquisition in the managed IT space by buying CenterBeam. Sunnyvale, Ca.-based CenterBeam offers “…remote managed…