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词条 Lightower Fiber Networks
释义

  1. Description

     Services  Network 

  2. Mergers and acquisitions

     2007  2008   2010  2013  2015  2016 

  3. References

  4. External links

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| type = Private
| areas_served = Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Midwest US, London, Toronto
| key_people = Rob Shanahan – President and Chief Executive Officer
| parent = Crown Castle International Corp.
| industry = Telecommunications
IT Services
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Lightower Fiber Networks, founded in 2006, was a provider of telecommunications and IT services.

Description

The company's network spans the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest United States including Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, DC, and New Hampshire.[1] Additionally, Lightower offers service in both Toronto and London.[2] The network comprises over 33,000 route miles of fiber.[3][4][5]

Lightower’s products include network and video transport, alternative access, nationwide long haul services, dark fiber, Ethernet, and cloud computing services. Lightower has built out access to over 22,000 service locations throughout the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Midwest including 275+ data centers and 5,000+ wireless towers, rooftop cell sites, and small cells.[6][7]

Customers include Fortune 500 businesses, enterprise, carriers, financial services, media, healthcare, education, and government.[8]

The company was acquired by Berkshire Partners in December 2012 when it also acquired Sidera Networks and announced plans to merge them under the Lightower brand. Its previous owners were M/C Partners and Pamlico Capital (the investing unit of Wachovia before its takeover by Wells Fargo. Those two companies had bought it from National Grid in 2007.[9] Lightower was bought by Crown Castle in July 2017, and no longer exists as a separate company.[10] [11]

The company was the title sponsor of the Lightower Conference Classic, now called the Roc City Hoops Classic.

Services

  • Ethernet
  • Dark Fiber
  • Wavelengths
  • SONET
  • Colocation
  • Cloud Computing
  • Nationwide Long Haul
  • Video Transport
  • Managed Private Optical Networks (MPON)
  • Small Cell Solutions
  • Wireless Backhaul (FTTT)
  • Ultra-Low Latency Solutions

Network

  • Over 33,000 route miles of fiber
  • Over 40 connected financial exchanges
  • Providing access to over 22,000 service locations
  • Network within Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions (CT, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, IL, IN, VA, VT, Washington DC) along with London and Toronto
  • Owns 13 Carrier Class Colocation facilities- including Chicago, Marlborough, Worcester, Philadelphia (401 N Broad Street and 1309 Noble Street), Providence & New York City (60 Hudson Street) and access to all major facilities in the Northeast
  • 7 Acquisitions in past six years
  • 990 Employees

Mergers and acquisitions

2007

  • National Grid Wireless- Acquisition (NEESCom)[12]

2008

  • Keyspan Communications - Acquisition
  • Hudson Valley DataNet - Acquisition [13]

2010

  • Veroxity Technology Partners - Acquisition [14]
  • Lexent Metro Connect New York City based neutral telecommunications provider that owns, operates, builds and maintains its own dark fiber network in New York, Northern New Jersey, and surrounding areas. - Acquisition [15]
  • Open Access, Inc. - Acquisition [16]

2013

  • Sidera Networks - Merger [17]

2015

  • Fibertech - Merger[18]
  • Colocation Zone - Acquisition[19]

2016

  • Datacenter101 - Acquisition[20]

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Lightower Fiber Networks Overview and Coverage|url=http://broadbandnow.com/Lightower-Fiber-Networks|publisher=broadbandnow.com|accessdate=2015-06-02}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Lightower Closes Merger with Sidera Networks to Form One of the Largest Pure Play Fiber Providers in U.S. Networking Market|url=http://www.berkshirepartners.com/lightower-closes-merger-with-sidera-networks-to-form-one-of-the-largest-pure-play-fiber-providers-in-us-networking-market}}
3. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/fiber-carrier-lightower-expands-network-and-data-center-in-providence|title=Fiber Carrier Lightower Expands Network and Data Center in Providence|last=Lee|first=Justin|date=May 14, 2012|work=Web Host Industry Review|accessdate=May 20, 2012}}
4. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.telecomramblings.com/2012/05/lightower-to-add-more-new-jersey-metro-depth/|title=Lightower to Add More New Jersey Metro Depth|last=|first=|date=May 7, 2012|work=Telecom Ramblings|accessdate=June 5, 2012}}
5. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/techflash/2013/04/lightower-completes-2b-merger-with.html|title=Lightower Completes $2B Merger with Sidera|last=Seiffert|first=Don|date=April 11, 2013|work=Boston Business Journal|accessdate=April 11, 2013}}
6. ^{{cite news |url = http://www.a-teamgroup.com/article/lightower-announces-major-expansions-of-fiber-network-in-central-and-northern-new-jersey/ |title = Lightower Announces Major Expansions of Fiber Network in Central and Northern New Jersey |last = |first = |date = June 5, 2012 |work = A-Team Group |accessdate = May 9, 2012}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
7. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.telecomramblings.com/2012/05/expansions-on-the-menu-for-sidera-lightower-zayo-level-3/|title=Expansions On the Menu for Sidera, Lightower, Zayo, Level 3|last=|first=|date=May 14, 2012|work=Telecom Ramblings|accessdate=June 5, 2012}}
8. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.wbjournal.com/article/20120306/METROWEST01/303069999|title=Boxborough's Lightower Opens N.J. Office|last=|first=|date=March 6, 2012|work=Worcester Business Journal Online|accessdate=June 5, 2012}}
9. ^{{cite web|last=Turner |first=Nick |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-27/berkshire-partners-buying-lightower-sidera-in-2-billion-deal.html |title=Berkshire to Buy Lightower, Sidera for $2 Billion |publisher=Bloomberg |date=2012-12-27 |accessdate=2013-05-26}}
10. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lightower-m-a-crown-castle-idUSKBN1A32G8|title=Tower operator Crown Castle to buy Lightower for $7.1 billion|date=2017-07-18|work=Reuters|access-date=2019-01-15|language=en}}
11. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/crown-castle-international-corp-makes-a-7-1-billion-fiber-deal|title=Crown Castle International Corp. Makes a $7.1 Billion Fiber Deal|date=2017-07-19|website=Motley Fool|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-15}}
12. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1034680/national_grid_wireless_changes_name_to_lightower/|title=National Grid Wireless Changes Name to Lightower|last=|first=|date=August 16, 2007|work=Red Orbit|accessdate=June 5, 2012}}
13. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2008/03/06/idUS164409+06-Mar-2008+BW20080306|title=Lightower Fiber Acquires DataNet Communications Group and KeySpan Communications...|last=|first=|date=March 6, 2008|work=Reuters|accessdate=June 5, 2012}}
14. ^{{cite news |url = http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2010/05/24/daily13-Fiber-clumps-up-Lightower-buying-Veroxity.html |title = Fiber clumps up: Lightower buying Veroxity |last = |first = |date = May 25, 2010 |work = Mass High Tech |accessdate = June 5, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100529184102/http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2010/05/24/daily13-Fiber-clumps-up-Lightower-buying-Veroxity.html# |archive-date = 2010-05-29 |dead-url = yes |df = }}
15. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2010/09/14/lexent-metro-acquired-by-lightower-fiber/|title=Lexent Metro Acquired by Lightower Fiber|last=|first=|date=September 14, 2010|work=Data Center Knowledge|accessdate=June 5, 2012}}
16. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.lightwaveonline.com/articles/2010/12/lightower-fiber-networks-to-acquire-open-access-inc-111784134.html|title=Lightower Fiber Networks to acquire Open Access Inc.|last=|first=|date=December 13, 2010|work=Lightwave Online|accessdate=June 5, 2012}}
17. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-lightower-sidera-merger-creates-highcapacity-broadband-network-20130410,0,2365781.story|title=Lightower, Sidera Merger Forms Large Fiber-Optic Network|last=Wong|first=Wailin|date=April 11, 2013|work=Chicago Tribune|accessdate=April 11, 2013}}
18. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2015/04/27/lightower-buys-fibertech-for-billion/Ymgsc1DNI7Tcol9KjkvGQO/story.html|title=Merged company will have 30,000 miles of fiber network|last=Bray|first=Hiawatha|date=April 27, 2015|work=Boston Globe|accessdate=June 3, 2015}}
19. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.lightwaveonline.com/articles/2015/03/lightower-acquires-chicago-s-colocationzone.html|title=Lightower Acquires Chicago's Colocation Zone |date=March 13, 2015|work=Lightwave Online|accessdate=June 3, 2015}}
20. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.datacenterdynamics.com/content-tracks/colo-cloud/lightower-fiber-networks-buys-datacenter101-in-ohio/96521.fullarticle|title=Lightower Fiber Network Buys Datacenter101 in Ohio |last=Moss|first=Sebastian|date=July 6, 2016|work=DatacenterDynamics|accessdate=July 6, 2016}}
  • "Lightower Picks Ciena for 100G". 11 January 2012.
  • "Lightower’s Ultra-Low Latency Network Provides Fastest Networking to Key Financial Centers". 3 November 2011.
  • "Lightower Announces New Network Expansion Projects in New York Metro and Southern Connecticut". 21 June 2011.
  • ”Lightower Completes Acquisition of Open Access Inc.” 1 April 2011.
  • ”Lightower Acquires Veroxity Technology”. 25 May 2010.

External links

  • {{Official website|http://www.lightower.com}}
  • [https://twitter.com/lightower Lightower on Twitter]

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