type private industry telecom service domestic headquarters herndon va u.s. key people chris ancell ceo products voip services voice services network services hosted services carrier wholesale revenue 1.52 billion number of employees 3 000 website www.xo.com xo communications previously nextlink communications concentric network corporation and allegiance telecom inc. 1 is a telecommunications company owned by xo holdings inc otcbb xoho . xo provides managed and converged internet protocol ip network services for small and medium sized enterprises . 2 xo delivers services through a mix of fiber based ethernet and ethernet over copper eoc . 3 in addition the company has external network to network interface e nni agreements with traditional carriers and cable companies . 3 contents 1 acquisition by verizon communications 2 distribution channels 3 references 4 external links acquisition by verizon communications edit in a news release dated feb 22 2016 verizon announced plans to acquire xo communications fiber optic network business . 4 forbes reported this story on the same day with a story by antoine gara entitled verizon to buy xo communications fiber business for 1.8 b from billionaire carl icahn 5 distribution channels edit xo sells its services through three channels the direct sales channel the indirect sales channel and the wholesale division . 2010 top channel partners 6 rank agency 1 intelisys communications 2 cnsg 3 planetone communications 4 world telecom group 5 microcorp 6 x4 solutions 7 cdw direct 8 simplify 9 telarus 10 telecom brokerage inc. references edit goodbye nextlink hello xo . communications today . 2000 . bloomberg businessweek . company overview of xo communications llc . retrieved apr 23 2013 . a b sean buckley fiercetelecom . level 3 tw telecom other clecs step up to ethernet plate . mar 18 2013 . retrieved apr 24 2013 . verizon continues focus on network superiority with agreement to purchase xo communications fiber business . news release . verizon communications . 22 february 2016 . retrieved 22 february 2016 . gara antoine 22 february 2016 . verizon to buy xo communications fiber business for 1.8 b from billionaire carl icahn . story . forbes.com . retrieved 22 february 2016 . stotler laura 23 february 2011 . intelisys tops xo s top 10 2010 channel partner list . tmcnet . retrieved 23 february 2011 . http web.archive.org web 20090518022247 http projects.washingtonpost.com 80 post200 2009 nxtlnk external links edit xo communications official website v t e united states landline telephone companies alaska communications at & t centurylink cincinnati bell claro puerto rico earthlink emery telcom fairpoint communications frontier communications gci gta teleguam hawaiian telcom tds telecom verizon communications windstream communications 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 xo communications & oldid 730076712 categories companies based in fairfax county virginiatelecommunications companies of the united statestransit free networksunited 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 fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 16 july 2016 at 16 04 . 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