FirstLight Bought Oxford Networks
FirstLight Fiber and Oxford Networks combined their New York and New England operations after FirstLight parent Oak Hill Capital Partners completed acquiring Oxford, FirstLight said in a Wednesday news release. It "more than doubles the size of our business, dramatically…
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increases our scale and network reach, and better positions FirstLight to continue meeting the growing bandwidth infrastructure needs of our customers,” said FirstLight CEO Kurt Van Wagenen. FirstLight also has a pending acquisition of Sovernet Communications, which is expected to close early this year and has needed regulatory OKs (see 1609280044). After it adds Sovernet, the company will have 9,500 route miles in five states and Canada, with 5,000 on-net locations and 11 data centers.