Rise Broadband is a portfolio company of GI Data Infrastructure, an investment firm that has raised more than $43 billion.
The deal covers about 1.3 million Ziply Fiber locations and will make BCE the third-largest fiber provider in North America.
In all, the acquisition of some of Everstream’s assets increases Segra’s network by almost 1,000 route miles.
The acquisition of Cloudwyze’s assets will extend Ripple Fiber’s North Carolina network into Harnett, Martin, and Nash counties.
The deal is EarthLink’s fifth acquisition during the past year. EarthLink clearly feels that FWA is the technology of the future.
Point Broadband plans to transition Riviera Utilities customers to fiber broadband services in the coming months.
DirecTV will acquire DISH for only $1. But DirecTV will also assume DISH’s debts, which are reported to be billions of dollars.
An affiliate of AccessPlus will acquire Crocker Communications under a definitive agreement signed by the two companies.
When the Metronet deal closes, Metronet will become a wholesale services provider. Its residential and fiber retail operations will transition to T-Mobile.
The transaction adds power engineering and wildfire mitigation planning to Vantage Point’s core capabilities.
Highline’s acquisition of Liberty, Texas-based Internet Management Services (IMS) is the next step in its nationwide expansion.
The Google acquisition would be their largest ever, at about $23 billion. Wiz is now valued at $12 billion.
Smartaira is a multifamily broadband provider serving homeowner associations and the like in 26 states. Lux Speed is a similar company.
In the third TDS divestiture announced in the past week, the company will transfer ownership of two ILECS to RiverStreet.
The TDS US Signal deal will put TDS’s OneNeck data centers in US Signal’s hands so TDS can invest more in fiber buildouts.
The $4.4B T-Mobile purchase of UScellular’s wireless business and 30% of its spectrum is expected to close next year.
DZS’ acquisition of NetComm will create one of the most comprehensive and technologically advanced last mile broadband access portfolios.
DQE Communications has been acquired by GI Partners, who believes DQE is a business with strong foundations and loyal customer base.