Cincinnati Bell today announced an agreement by which institutional investment firm Brookfield Infrastructure will acquire it for approximately $2.6 billion, including debt. Brookfield Infrastructure has a global portfolio of assets in the utilities, transport, energy and data infrastructure sectors across…
The FCC said today that it has authorized $111.6 million in funding won through the Connect America Fund (CAF) auction to 10 entities to help cover the cost of bringing broadband to 37,148 rural locations where broadband is not currently…
Nearly half of CAF II auction bidders (103 out of 220) won funding, according to data about CAF II auction winners released by the FCC today. That means most entities won relatively low funding amounts. Just over 100 entities will…
July 02, 2018 — CINCINNATI & HONOLULU–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cincinnati Bell (NYSE: CBB) (the “Company” or “Cincinnati Bell”), today announced the Company has completed its acquisition of Hawaiian Telcom Holdco, Inc. (“Hawaiian Telcom”), the leading integrated communications provider serving Hawaiʻi, and the state’s…
June 19, 2018 — CINCINNATI & HONOLULU–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cincinnati Bell (NYSE: CBB) announced today that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved Cincinnati Bell’s acquisition of Hawaiian Telcom Holdco, Inc. (NASDAQ: HCOM). The FCC’s approval of the merger follows the unanimous…
Hawaiian Telcom has brought broadband to 5,000 locations in rural areas of Hawai‘i in a project partially funded by the Connect America Fund (CAF). The Hawaiian Telcom CAF deployment is about 70% fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP). This capability enables 1 Gbps service….
HONOLULU, March 13, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hawaiian Telcom (NASDAQ:HCOM) announced today that it has enhanced its existing array of Managed Network Security Services with a new cloud-based solution called Secure Internet Protection that safeguards businesses against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)…
PETALUMA, CA—January 9, 2012—Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) today announced that Hawaiian Telcom, the largest full-service provider of communications services, products and solutions in Hawaii and the 10th largest U.S. incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) has selected the Calix Unified Access…
Business All-in-OneSM Solution Helps Companies Stay Connected and Productive Anywhere, Anytime HONOLULU–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Hawaiian Telcom announces the launch of Business All-in-One, a new business communications service for small business customers. Based on Voice over Internet Protocol (“VoIP”) technology, Business All-in-One unifies…
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