private industry telecommunications it services areas served northeast mid atlantic and midwest us london toronto key people rob shanahan president and chief executive officer eric sandman chief financial officer dave mayer general counsel jason campbell chief operating officer phillip olivero chief technology officer doug dalissandro chief revenue officer website lightower.com lightower fiber networks founded in 2006 is a provider of telecommunications and it services . contents 1 description 1.1 services 1.2 network 2 mergers and acquisitions 2.1 2007 2.2 2008 2.3 2010 2.4 2013 2.5 2015 2.6 2016 3 references 4 external links description edit 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 7 000 wireless towers . 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 the company is currently title sponsor of the lightower conference classic . services edit 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 edit 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 12 carrier class colocation facilities including marlborough worcester providence & new york city 60 hudson street and access to all major facilities in the northeast 7 acquisitions in past six years 920 employees mergers and acquisitions edit 2007 edit national grid wireless acquisition neescom 10 2008 edit keyspan communications acquisition hudson valley datanet acquisition 11 2010 edit veroxity technology partners acquisition 12 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 13 open access inc. acquisition 14 2013 edit sidera networks merger 15 2015 edit fibertech merger 16 colocation zone acquisition 17 2016 edit datacenter101 acquisition 18 references edit lightower fiber networks overview and coverage . broadbandnow.com . retrieved 2015 06 02 . lightower closes merger with sidera networks to form one of the largest pure play fiber providers in u.s. networking market . lee justin may 14 2012 . fiber carrier lightower expands network and data center in providence . web host industry review . retrieved may 20 2012 . lightower to add more new jersey metro depth . telecom ramblings . may 7 2012 . retrieved june 5 2012 . seiffert don april 11 2013 . lightower completes 2b merger with sidera . boston business journal . retrieved april 11 2013 . lightower announces major expansions of fiber network in central and northern new jersey . a team group . june 5 2012 . retrieved may 9 2012 . expansions on the menu for sidera lightower zayo level 3 . telecom ramblings . may 14 2012 . retrieved june 5 2012 . boxborough s lightower opens n.j. office . worcester business journal online . march 6 2012 . retrieved june 5 2012 . turner nick 2012 12 27 . berkshire to buy lightower sidera for 2 billion . bloomberg . retrieved 2013 05 26 . national grid wireless changes name to lightower . red orbit . august 16 2007 . retrieved june 5 2012 . lightower fiber acquires datanet communications group and keyspan communications ... . reuters . march 6 2008 . retrieved june 5 2012 . fiber clumps up lightower buying veroxity . mass high tech . may 25 2010 . retrieved june 5 2012 . lexent metro acquired by lightower fiber . data center knowledge . september 14 2010 . retrieved june 5 2012 . lightower fiber networks to acquire open access inc. . lightwave online . december 13 2010 . retrieved june 5 2012 . wong wailin april 11 2013 . lightower sidera merger forms large fiber optic network . chicago tribune . retrieved april 11 2013 . bray hiawatha april 27 2015 . merged company will have 30 000 miles of fiber network . boston globe . retrieved june 3 2015 . lightower acquires chicago s colocation zone . lightwave online . march 13 2015 . retrieved june 3 2015 . moss sebastian july 6 2016 . lightower fiber network buys datacenter101 in ohio . datacenterdynamics . retrieved 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 edit official website lightower on twitter retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lightower fiber networks & 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