communications services founded march 27 2001 headquarters honolulu hawaii united states key people jeremy amen ceo steve white cfo products local & long distance phone service internet services voip wireless internet access number of employees less than 100 website pacificlight.net pacific lightnet is a locally owned facilities based clec providing both voice and data services to its customers in hawaii . at the core of its products and services is a 10 000 fiber mile submarine and terrestrial fiber optic network connecting the state s six major islands the only of its kind . linked to all major submarine cable landing stations throughout hawaii the network provides capacity and services to the mainland and the pacific rim . pacific lightnet provides both local and long distance phone service dial up and broadband internet access through wireless or dsl voip and collocation . history edit pacific lightnet can trace its beginnings to 1986 previously as tel net hawaii and then gst hawaii . gst hawaii was the first company in the state to receive authority to provide local exchange service in competition with gte hawaiian tel september 1996 . gst hawaii operated as a subsidiary of gst corporate through may 2000 . on may 12 2000 citing market conditions massive debt and the inability to raise additional capital gst corporate filed for bankruptcy . in january 2001 time warner telecom purchased significantly all the assets of gst corporate except for the hawaiian operation and 12 fibers on parts of the hawaii inter island fiber network 10 000 miles of submarine and terrestrial fiber linking the six major islands . as one of the secured creditors tomen america now owned by toyota looked to longtime associate john warta and his nextnet investments to turn around the struggling hawaiian operation . tomen provided the assets and nextnet provided the management expertise . on march 27 2001 tomen and nextnet took over operational control of gst hawaii as pacific lightnet inc plni . as part of this transaction plni also agreed to purchase hawaii online hol at the time hawaii s largest isp as part of the overall transaction . when the transaction was closed on october 11 2001 tomen and nextnet became the two joint owners of the company . in 2004 plni started operating as pacific lightnet communications plnc to confirm that the company is in the communications business . plnc has commercial operations on kauai maui molokai oahu lanai and the big island . plnc has customers ranging from the largest businesses in hawaii to the smaller ones and includes the hospitality industry the military non profits as well as the high tech business park on maui . in mid 2005 pacific lightnet communications ceased using the word communications in its branding and is now known simply as pacific lightnet . in february 2008 pacific lightnet filed an application with the state public utilities commission for approval to transfer all of its holdings to sk telecom holdings lp . in 2010 pacific lightnet was acquired by a californian venture company and began doing business as wavecom solutions . in december 2012 wavecom solutions was sold to hawaiian telcom the ilec for hawaii . references edit this article about a telecommunications corporation or company in the united states is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pacific lightnet & oldid 733952274 categories companies based in hawaiitelecommunications companies of the united statesunited states telecommunications company stubshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 august 2016 at 04 49 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view