Shingle Springs, California-based Cal.net and Winters, California-based Winters Broadband are merging, the companies announced today. Both companies offer broadband service using fixed wireless technology. The combined companies will operate under the Cal.net name, and will operate over a territory of…
Shentel (Shenandoah Telecommunications Company) will reduce its workforce because of the expected sale of its wireless assets and certain liabilities to T-Mobile US, Inc. The Shentel restructuring plans have been announced to employees. Shentel was required to sell the operations…
Canadian-based telecom providers Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications agreed to combine today in a $26 billion (including debt) merger that executives said will benefit the combined entity and its customers. Rogers has Canada’s largest 5G network, while Shaw’s strength is…
Verizon is buying certain wireless assets of Triangle Mobile of Montana, highlighting a growing interest in rural wireless operations. The purchase includes Triangle’s LTE in Rural America (LRA) assets. Triangle says on its website that the deal is expected to…
Zayo said today that it plans to purchase Intelligent Fiber Network (IFN), a fiber network operator primarily serving Indiana that is owned by a group of independent telcos and a rural electric company. The deal is expected to close in…
As Dish looks to enter the wireless business, one Wall Street firm is reporting the company may be eyeing TDS for acquisition. The main motivation for any Dish acquisition of TDS would be US Cellular. TDS is the parent company…
Dish said today that it plans to acquire Republic Wireless, which offers a low-cost mobile service that uses Wi-Fi when available and which falls back on the T-Mobile network when Wi-Fi is not available – an approach sometimes called “Wi-Fi…
Regional operator Horizon’s expansion in Indiana has continued with the acquisition of Infinity Fiber, LLC. The deal adds 450 route miles to Horizon’s holdings, bringing its total to 4,950 route miles. The acquisition also provides connectivity to data centers in…
Altice USA continued its acquisition strategy with the news today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of Morris Broadband, a broadband provider serving western North Carolina. The deal, which is expected to be completed…
Many consumers may not realize that DIRECTV is now owned by AT&T, and now they may never need to know. AT&T said today that it will sell 30% of DIRECTV and related AT&T linear video businesses to TPG Capital and…
Dobson Fiber announced it has acquired Ft. Smith, Ark. -based Pinnacle Communications, which provides high-speed fiber to business and residential customers in parts of Western Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma, for an undisclosed sum. The Dobson Fiber-Pinnacle transaction increases Dobson’s fiber…
Cable One has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase the 85% of Hargray Acquisition Holdings that it doesn’t already own. The deal, which implies a $2.2 billion total enterprise value for Hargray, is expected to close in the second…
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