Data centers have undoubtedly put an end to the storage woes of a myriad of enterprises over the years. However, considering exponential data growth, constantly spiraling maintenance costs, and energy dissipation, decision makers are in pursuit of a dynamic data center solution that seamlessly adapts to the changes. Data center solution providers are striving each … Read More
FirstLight, the fibre-optics infrastructure provider, has been selected by Vacation Innovations, the US-based online marketing company, as its primary internet and voice services provider. Vacation Innovations specialises in vacation ownership advertising, sales, rentals and brokerage services, and under its Sell My Timeshare Now brand, has been a customer of FirstLight since 2005. “It’s been rewarding to … Read More
Antin Infrastructure Partners, a European-based investment firm, today entered into a definitive agreement under which it will acquire FirstLight, a fiber-optic bandwidth infrastructure services provider operating in the Northeast U.S., from Oak Hill Capital Partners IV. The value of the Antin FirstLight deal was not disclosed. As we reported last April, Oak Hill had been … Read More
FirstLight, the fibre-optics infrastructure provider, announces that Finger Lakes Technologies Group (FLTG) has now rebranded under the FirstLight name. The news comes after FirstLight acquired FLTG in September 2017 and its plan to integrate the operations of the company under one brand. Commeting on the news, Kurt Van Wagenen, president and CEO of FirstLight, said: … Read More
Whether it was CenturyLink buying Level 3, Crown Castle buying Lightower or regional operator Atlantic Broadband acquiring dark fiber assets from FiberLight, the year 2017 showed that fiber is valuable to a diverse set of service providers. In this report, we consider two key metrics on publicly available information gathered from fiber service providers: Fiber … Read More
Albany, NY – October 31, 2017 – FirstLight, a leading fiber-optic bandwidth infrastructure services provider operating in the Northeast, announced that it is the Capacity Media Global Carrier Award recipient for “Best Americas Project” in 2017. The award recognizes FirstLight’s 2017 acquisitions of Oxford Networks and Sovernet Communications, and the subsequent rebranding of all companies … Read More
By: Paul Briand, business@seacoastonline.com The building at 359 Corporate Drive at Pease International Tradeport speaks to the high-speed pace of the telecommunications industry. It started as the home of BayRing Communications, which then became Oxford Communications. Now, it is the New England headquarters for FirstLight Fiber, a provider of high-speed data, internet, data center and voice … Read More
