The price has been set for T-Mobile to buy the Shentel wireless business that operated for years under the Sprint brand. Based on evaluations by three independent valuation providers, the purchase price has been set at $1.95 billion. The Shentel…
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Shentel Adds CBRS Spectrum, Launches Beam Internet
Regional broadband provider Shentel announced the launch of Beam Internet, a new fixed wireless service to be offered in parts of Virginia, West Virginia and Ohio. Beam internet will use both existing 2.5 GHz mid-band spectrum and CBRS spectrum. The…
T-Mobile to Buy Shentel Wireless Assets, But Shentel Disputes Appraised Price
T-Mobile plans to exercise a two-decades-old agreement that gives it the option to purchase the wireless assets of Shentel, also known as Shenandoah Telecommunications Company, a publicly-held rural wireless and wireline provider that serves rural areas of Virginia and several…
Shentel Push for Managed Services Seems Well Timed
The Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (Shentel) today announced managed business services for its entire footprint, which covers parts of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania. Shentel Business Managed Solutions is based on Cisco Meraki technology. Its web-based dashboard interface will manage…
Shentel Launches Prepaid 25 Mbps Flex Internet Service Package
EDINBURG, Va., March 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (Shentel) (NASDAQ: SHEN), a leading provider of telecommunications and broadband services in Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Kentucky and Ohio, today announced a new pre-paid Internet service, the 25 Mbps Flex package. This new service will meet a family’s needs…
Shentel Big Sandy Broadband Deal Closes
Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (Shentel) has completed its deal to purchase the assets of Big Sandy Broadband, Inc., a provider of cable television, telephone and high speed internet services in Johnson and Floyd counties in eastern Kentucky. Big Sandy, which has…
Shentel Launches Gigabit Broadband in Virginia
Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (Shentel) has launched gigabit internet service, dubbed Shentel Powerhouse, in its Virginia markets. The Shentel gigabit news is a reminder of how providers increasingly see the availability of the service as table stakes as more customers need…
Shentel announces expansion of its affiliate relationship with Sprint
February 5, 2017 — Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (“Shentel”) (NASDAQ:SHEN) announces that it has closed a transaction to further expand its relationship with Sprint, effective February 1, 2018. Shentel has signed an Expansion Agreement and amended its Affiliate Agreement with Sprint…
Shentel MIMO Trial Yields Up to 5x Wireless Bandwidth Boost
A new technology known as massive MIMO has the potential to help urban and rural wireless carriers substantially improve the performance of current mobile infrastructure through an antenna change. In a recent Shentel MIMO trial in Woodstock, Va, the regional…
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 and how they are reshaping…
Shentel Completes nTelos Acquisition
Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (Shentel) today announced it has completed its acquisition of nTelos Holdings Corporation (nTelos), a provider of wireless communications services in portions of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Kentucky. Shentel is a local company…
Colane Cable TV Acquisition is Latest Rural Broadband Consolidation Move by Shentel
A Colane Cable TV acquisition by West Virginia based Shentel comes on the heels of a major wireless acquisition by the growing rural broadband provider. Colane Cable TV is a cable company offering a triple play bundle to several West…
