There were dozens of cities left out of Verizon’s FiOS expansion plans and five of them (Boston, Buffalo, Albany, Baltimore and Syracuse) have complained to the FCC warning the regulatory agency that the deal would eliminate any chance of future FiOS e…
In December Verizon, Time Warner Cable, Comcast and Bright House announced a massive deal that not only involved the sale of $3.6 billion in cable industry spectrum to Verizon, but also gave the telco the right to bundle their wireless service with the…
Responding to consumer advocate and competitor concerns that the new Verizon, cable industry deal could include some anti-competitive conditions ( we won’t install new FiOS in your markets if you let us sell wireless to your customers and sell us spect…
Recent rumors had suggested Surewest Communications was on the verge of being acquired by Google. As it turns out, that was only half right. Surewest Communications this morning announced that the company has been acquired — by Consolidated Communicat…
For more than a year we’ve noted that with the exception of markets that have signed franchise obligations (New York, Washington DC, Philadelphia), Verizon’s fiber to the home FiOS build is essentially over. The company had previously stated that they …
With the AT&T deal shelved, consumer advocates are now turning their attention to Verizon’s recently announced $3.6 billion alliance with the cable industry. The deal gives Verizon a significant spectrum boost in addition to an exclusive partnership t…
Deal size: $319 million
Why it’s relevant? With its $319 million acquisition of 360networks, Zayo instantly increases its fiber and service footprint with more than 44,000 route miles and nearly two million fiber miles.
In making this purchase, Zayo ad…
Deal sizes: Undisclosed
Why are these deals relevant? TelePacific’s three summertime acquisitions were geared not just to help it grow in the currently trending data center and managed services space, but also to maintain competitiveness against the in…
Deal Size: $2.3 billion
Why it’s relevant? Windstream (Nasdaq: WIN), unlike its fellow Tier 2 ILECs, may have not pulled off ambitious deals like its fellows CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) or Frontier Communications (NYSE: FTR) did with their respective purch…
We’ve been noting for years that DSL is essentially dead to Verizon, even though more than 50% of their footprint still resides on the technology. Verizon’s been offloading aging DSL and landline networks to companies like Fairpoint and Frontier, with …