Nebraska-based Allo Communications, a competitive provider that serves urban and rural areas, has seen strong growth over the 20 years since its founding. Telecompetitor talked to Allo CEO Brad Moline about how the company achieved this. Moline, who previously founded…
Two regional service providers – 360 Communications and 903 Broadband – merged last month to create a new company called 360 Broadband. The company will serve almost 16,000 customers in Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas. To reach its customers, the company…
Rural broadband consolidator Vyve Broadband has acquired the commercial arm of ATC Broadband serving the Vidalia, GA area. The network serves the cities of Swainsboro, Lyons and Vidalia as well as Emanuel, Toombs and Montgomery counties. Financial and other details…
NRTC, a membership cooperative of rural electric and telecom providers, has acquired Pivot Group, a marketing and customer experience (CX) agency that serves rural broadband providers. NRTC traditionally has focused on technology, helping members plan, deploy and manage technology investments….
Nextlink Internet today announced the acquisition of Echo Wireless for an undisclosed price. The acquisition expands Nextlink’s market into the state of Indiana, specifically, the rural communities in Knox, Davies, and Lawrence counties. Nextlink was one of the biggest winners…
Great Plains Communications is one of a growing number of tier 2 and 3 providers with long-term roots that has been acquired by an investment firm, a move that has helped the company expand rapidly. Telecompetitor talked with Great Plains…
Wireless and broadband provider Vistabeam last month acquired Airbits, which served the towns of Estes Park and Pole Hill, which are in Colorado’s Front Range area. Vistabeam also established a digital empowerment Center in Yuma, Colorado. The move into Colorado’s…
In a deal involving Ohio service providers, NKTelco has acquired Hometown Cable. The deal includes more than 6,000 addresses in and around the communities of Coldwater, St. Henry and Montezuma, as well as fixed wireless access assets serving Mercer, Auglaize,…
HILLSBORO, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Radisys® Corporation (“Radisys”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Jio Platforms Limited and a global leader of open telecom solutions, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Mimosa Networks, Inc. (“Mimosa”) from Airspan Networks Holdings Inc. (NYSE American:…
Open access FTTP provider Tillman FiberCo LLC says that it has gotten an investment of $200 million from Northleaf Capital Partners. The investment could grow by another $300 million as Tillman FiberCo scales its operations. New York-based Tillman FiberCo was…
If UScellular were to sell some of its wireless assets, “under most scenarios that’s an opportunity and apositive for where we’re trying to go,” said Charlie Ergen, chairman of the board of DISH Network andEchostar today. His comments came on…
Consolidated Communications has won $160 million in broadband funding since 2019, said the company’s CEO Bob Udell on the company’s second quarter earnings call today. The company also discussed its plan to sell its operations in the state of Washington….
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