Category: General News
FirstLight Preparing For 8th Acquisition In Just Over 2 Years
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As featured in the October 5th issue of Albany Business Review. By Justin Dawes – Reporter, Albany Business Review The telecommunications and fiber optic internet…
4 Things Leaders Can Do Today to Increase Gender Diversity & Empower Women in the Telecommunication and Technology Field
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As featured in Capacity Magazine’s August/September 2020 issue. As a female executive for a growing technology company, I’ve given a lot of thought to the…
FirstLight Participates in NH Business Review Webinar
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Aaron Sawchuk, FirstLight’s Senior Vice President of Business Development for Cloud & Data Centers, recently presented a webinar on data security hosted by the New…
RTO Wireless Set to Significantly Expand Rural Internet Access with FirstLight Partnership
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FirstLight’s 15,000 fiber miles will help ensure RTO Wireless continues to bring internet access to underserved markets everywhere. Framingham, MA — February 25, 2020 —…
Solving Transport Complexity
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Thirty-five years after it first came to life, today’s Internet comprises thousands of public and private networks, across which more than 4.7 zettabytes of IP…
FirstLight: Fiber-Powered Holistic Data Center Solutions
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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…
FirstLight chosen as internet and voice supplier for Vacation Innovations
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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…
Foreign Interest in U.S. Fiber Assets is Growing as Oak Hill Sells FirstLight to Antin Infrastructure Partners
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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…
Finger Lakes Technologies Group rebrands as FirstLight
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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…
From CenturyLink to FirstLight: Charting the top 13 fiber buyers in 2017
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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…
FirstLight Wins Capacity Media’s Global Carrier Award for “Best Project – Americas”
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Albany, NY – October 31, 2017 – FirstLight, a leading fiber-optic bandwidth infrastructure services provider operating in the Northeast, announced that it is the Capacity…
The Connections of FirstLight Fiber
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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…
Why this Albany tech company is expanding with acquisition in western New York
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FirstLight Fiber plans to buy Finger Lakes Technologies Group, a telecommunications company outside of Rochester, New York. It is the latest in a series of…
FirstLight Fiber Strikes Again, to Acquire FLTG
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By: Rob Powell, Telecom Ramblings FirstLight Fiber has made another consolidation move up in the northeastern region. The Albany-based fiber infrastructure provider has announced its…
FirstLight Fiber combines with Oxford Networks
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By: Staff FirstLight Fiber, a leading fiber-optic bandwidth infrastructure services provider operating in New York and northern New England, announced today that Oak Hill Capital…
FirstLightFiber, Oxford Networks combine network operations
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05 January 2017 | Jason Mcgee-Abe Oak Hill Capital Partners has completed its acquisition of Oxford Networks and combined its operations with FirstLight Fiber, creating…
ISE Magazine: The Demand Is There. Are We Ready?
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By James Capuano Fiber Buildouts in 2017– A Look at Fiber Deployment Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities In 2016, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development…
Channel Partners’ Business Success Story: LightRiver Technologies and FirstLight
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Optical network integrator LightRiver Technologies designs, engineers, commissions and supports next-generation solutions for mission-critical clients that require the highest capacity, reliability and resiliency that today’s…
FirstLight Poised for Growth After Acquisitions
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By Tara Seals FirstLight Fiber, the fiber-optic bandwidth infrastructure services provider operating in New York and Northern New England, has had a packed year so…
Metro Bytes: FirstLight, WOW, OneNeck
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By Rob Powell For your Friday perusal in the metro space: one contract win, one field testing revelation, and one product roll-out. FirstLight Fiber tacked…
FirstLight Fiber provides the backbone for INdigital’s e-911 network
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FirstLight Fiber, a leading fiber-optic bandwidth infrastructure services provider operating in Vermont, New York and Northern New England, announced today that INdigital, a national leader…
Oak Hill seals FirstLight Fiber acquisition
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By Jason Mcgee-Abe US fibre-optic bandwidth infrastructure services provider, FirstLight Fiber, has been acquired by Oak Hill Capital Partners, which should propel its next stage…
Oak Hill Wraps FirstLight Fiber Acquisition
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PRESS RELEASE — Albany, NY – September 08, 2016 – FirstLight Fiber (“FirstLight”), a leading fiber-optic bandwidth infrastructure services provider operating in New York and Northern New England, announced today that Oak Hill…
Oak Hill Capital Partners Completes Acquisition of FirstLight Fiber
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ALBANY, NY–(Marketwired – Sep 8, 2016) – FirstLight Fiber (“FirstLight”), a leading fiber-optic bandwidth infrastructure services provider operating in New York and Northern New England,…
How FirstLight Fiber’s new parent company will help the Albany business grow
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By Chelsea Diana The president and CEO of FirstLight Fiber, said its acquisition by a Silicon Valley private equity firm will help the company expand…
FirstLight Fiber to be acquired by Silicon Valley private equity firm
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By Agnes Stubbs FirstLight Fiber has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by private equity firm Oak Hill Capital Partners for an undisclosed…
FirstLight Fiber sold to Calif. private equity firm
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MANCHESTER — A New York operator of fiber optics networks that gobbled up companies is now getting acquired itself. FirstLight Fiber, which employs 25 in…
Oak Hill Capital to Acquire FirstLight
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By Tara Seals FirstLight Fiber, a fiber-optic bandwidth infrastructure services provider operating in New York and Northern New England, has entered into a definitive agreement…
Firstlight Adds 36,000 Fiber Miles
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FirstLight Fiber has extended its dense fiber network further in New York. This expansion project added 36,000 fiber miles into New York’s Westchester, Rockland and…
Albany telecom company expands fiber network toward New York City
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By Chelsea Diana FirstLight Fiber has expanded its fiber optic network downstate toward New York City as it looks to grow beyond its current market.…
FirstLight Fiber’s 36,000-mile fiber extension targets wireless backhaul, enterprise opportunities
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By Sean Buckley FirstLight Fiber is enhancing its fiber diet by adding 36,000 miles into New York’s Westchester, Rockland and Orange counties, enabling it to…
FirstLight Fiber extends network by 36,000 fibre miles in New York
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By Agnes Stubbs At Metro Connect 2016 in Miami, US, fibre-optic network provider FirstLight Fiber revealed an expansion of its network in New York, adding…
FirstLight Extends Southward Along the Hudson
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By Rob Powell FirstLight Fiber announced an expansion into a new region this morning, and this time the vector isn’t M&A. They have added new…
FirstLight Fiber Signs One Connect as a VAR in Upstate New York
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By Tara Seals FirstLight Fiber, a facilities-based telecom service provider operating in Upstate New York and Northern New England, has announced that One Connect, a…
Network Bytes: Zayo, FirstLight, iRis, Windstream, NJFX
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By Rob Powell TGIF with a fine fall weekend ahead. Here’s some network news items to consider before heading out: FirstLight Fiber went bowling up…
Tech Tidbits: Dyn readies TechTober Fest, FirstLight’s line of credit grows
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BY NHBR STAFF Dyn readies TechTober Fest, FirstLight’s line of credit grows … and more FirstLight Fiber, a telecom service provider operating in upstate New…
FirstLight Fiber Announces Credit Line Expansion
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By David Delony Facilities-based telecommunications provider FirstLight Fiber has announced that it has secured an expanded line of credit from GE Capital and Webster Bank.…
Metro Bytes: FirstLight, CityFibre, RCN, Zayo, Verizon
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By Rob Powell Here’s a quick roundup of some news from the metro, with three event contracts, an expansion, and some IoT: FirstLight Fiber took…
Albany telecom firm lands New Hampshire ski resort work
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By Brian Nearing Albany-headquartered telecommunications firm FirstLight Fiber announced Tuesday that the Mount Sunapee ski resort in New Hampshire is buying the firm’s fiber-based Internet and…
FirstLight Talks Fiber
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By Dominick Sorrentino Editor of Networked Enterprise It almost goes without saying that a modern enterprise or organization cannot function without having an effective, high-speed Internet…
Rensselaer betting on faster Internet to attract SUNY Poly, new business
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Chelsea Diana Albany Business Review Rensselaer, New York is exploring a plan to install a fiber optics network across the city for faster internet access…
Fiber-based networks and health care technology
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BY MAURA MAHONEY With every passing year, remarkable technological advancements make their way into the health care market. These advancements not only intend to improve…
FirstLight shows off its newly completed data center
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By DAVE SOLOMON New Hampshire Union Leader MANCHESTER – If the future of the Internet is lightning-fast fiber-optic service, FirstLight Fiber is helping to bring…
Hudson Valley Community College Deploys Fiber-Based Internet
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By Leila Meyer 05/05/15 Hudson Valley Community College in New York state has implemented fiber-based Internet to its main campus and a dedicated point-to-point Ethernet…
Introducing FirstLight
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For more than fifteen (15) years, FirstLight has been designing, building and maintaining fiber-based communications networks throughout Upstate New York and Northern New England. FirstLight…
FirstLight shines in New England datacenter market
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Colocation provider FirstLight Fiber has fiber assets in New York, Vermont and New Hampshire. It has been growing through acquisition and organically, and sees its…
As landline phones fade, FairPoint looks to a new business: data centers
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By DAVID BROOKS Staff Writer MANCHESTER – Even as FairPoint Communications settled a long strike involving many of its line workers, the company made another…
Emerging innovators in wireline: Future leaders to watch in 2015
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FIERCE TELECOM – February 27, 2015 CEOs may be the leaders who provide the vision for the company. But every great company must also have a…
Google Fiber, Other ISP Heads Agree: We’ll Keep Investing No Matter What The FCC Does About Net Neutrality
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With only hours remaining in the countdown to tomorrow’s net neutrality vote, everyone from Silicon Valley to Capitol Hill is getting their last words in. At…
Firstlight Fiber Joins Connection Hub at 325 Hudson
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COMMERCIAL OBSERVER – January 21, 2015 – Albany-based FirstLight Fiber is joining the ranks of fiber providers that establish a connection point at 325 Hudson Street.…
FirstLight will expand services throughout the Northeast following latest acquisition
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ALBANY BUSINESS REVIEW – August 28, 2014 – FirstLight Fiber, a telecom company headquartered in Albany, has positioned itself to offer more services in markets…
N.Y. broadband firm takes a bigger step into N.H. market
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New Hampshire Business Review – August 27, 2014 – FirstLight Fiber of Albany, N.Y. announced Wednesday that it has reached an agreement to acquire G4…
FirstLight Fiber acquires G4 Communications, enhances New Hampshire network presence
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FIERCE TELECOM – August 27, 2014 – FirstLight Fiber is expanding its presence in the New Hampshire market by reaching an asset purchase agreement to…
FirstLight Expands Enterprise Play With G4 Buy
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LIGHT READING – August 27, 2014 – FirstLight Fiber has augmented its years-long mission to amass a New England fiber empire with an acquisition more…
SymQuest selects FirstLight Fiber data centre services
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TELECOM PAPER – August 21, 2014 – Facilities-based telecommunications service provider, FirstLight Fiber will provide data centre and connectivity services to SymQuest, a design, installation…
FirstLight Fiber brings 100G connectivity to its on-net building locations
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FIERCE TELECOM – MAY 13, 2014 – FirstLight Fiber is responding to customer demand in Tier 2 and Tier 3 metro markets by expanding its…
FirstLight Fiber Taps Ciena for 100G Upgrade
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LIGHTWAVE ONLINE – May 13, 2014 – FirstLight Fiber, a service provider operating fiber-optic networks in Upstate New York and Northern New England with connectivity…
FirstLight Carrier Ethernet Quote System Will Leverage Local Strengths
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CARRIER ETHERNET NEWS – April 3, 2014 – Carrier Ethernet service provider FirstLight considers its local focus to be a key differentiator – and a…
FirstLight Launches Wholesale Ethernet
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CHANNEL PARTNERS MAGAZINE – March 18, 2014 – FirstLight Launches Wholesale Ethernet – FirstLight Fiber, a facilities-based telecommunications service provider operating fiber optic networks in upstate…
FirstLight Fiber to Deliver High-speed Internet by Upgrading Its IP Core Network
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TMCNet – Dark Fiber Community – March 18, 2014 – FirstLight Fiber announced plans to upgrade its IP core network to deliver high-speed and low…
Albany and Montreal company partner on network
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(ALBANY) TIMES UNION – January 28, 2014 – FirstLight Fiber of Albany is once again looking to Canada to expand its fiber optic networking business. The…
FirstLight, Fibrenoire Meet at the Border
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TELECOM RAMBLINGS – January 28, 2014 – Two regional and metro operators on either side of the US/Canada border have teamed up. Albany-based FirstLight Fiber…
Van Wagenen: FirstLight drives value through local presence and support
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FIERCE TELECOM – January 23, 2014 – On the Hot Seat with Kurt Van Wagenen, CEO of FirstLight Kurt Van Wagenen, CEO of FirstLight, sees…
Albany telecom hires new CFO
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ALBANY BUSINESS REVIEW – January 22, 2014 – FirstLight Fiber, an Albany, NY telecommunications provider, has hired Gary Kraemer as its new chief financial officer…
FirstLight Appoints Kraemer CFO
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CHANNELVISION MAGAZINE – January 21, 2014 – FirstLight Fiber, which operates wholesale and retail operations in Upstate New York and Northern New England, has appointed…
Looking Back at 2013′s M&As – US Network Edition ~ Telecom Ramblings
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TELECOM RAMBLINGS – December 23, 2013 – Last year in the US metro/telecom/infrastructure merger marketplace, the pickings were slim once you got past the big…
Dark fiber reignites as wireless backhaul heats up – Year in Review 2013 ~ Fierce Telecom
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FIERCE TELECOM – December 20, 2013 – Service providers purchasing dark fiber in the form of long-term indefeasible rights of use (IRUs) is hardly new,…
Tech Valley Communications Rebrands to FirstLight Fiber ~ Telecom Review North America
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TELECOM REVIEW NORTH AMERICA – November 12, 2013 – FirstLight Fiber (formerly known as Tech Valley Communications) announced the formal rebranding of Tech Valley Communications…
Hudson Valley, University at Albany to Share Information Technology Services
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UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY – October 31, 2013 – The University at Albany and Hudson Valley Community College (Hudson Valley) have formalized an agreement to share…
Vermont Hard Cider taps FirstLight Ethernet, internet
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TELECOM PAPER – October 30, 2013 – Facilities-based telecommunications service provider, FirstLight Fiber (formerly known as Tech Valley Communications) has announced that The Vermont Hard…
AboveNet CEO Joins Board at FirstLight Fiber
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CHANNEL VISION MAGAZINE (Tara Seals) — October 15, 2013 — FirstLight Fiber (formerly known as Tech Valley Communications), which offers wholesale capacity in Upstate New…
Tech Valley Re-born as FirstLight, with a Strong Carrier Ethernet Focus
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CARRIER ETHERNET NEWS — October 10, 2013 — When competitive carriers arrived on the scene in the 1990s, their focus initially was on voice and…
Tech Valley Communications Rebrands to Become FirstLight Fiber
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ALBANY.COM – September 25, 2013 – What was once known as Tech Valley Communications is adding Data, Internet Access, Data Center Colocation and Voice services…
FirstLight Fiber completes Ethernet certification
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VERMONT BUSINESS MAGAZINE – September 24, 2013 – FirstLight Fiber of Albany, NY, (formerly known as Tech Valley Communications), a facilities-based telecommunications service provider operating…
Tech Valley Reborn As FirstLight, Aims At Ethernet Backhaul
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TELECOM RAMBLINGS (Robert Powell) – September 24, 2013 – The metro and regional fiber business has a new name to remember, as Tech Valley Communications…
Tech Valley begins new chapter with rebrand to FirstLight Fiber
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FIERCE TELECOM (Sean Buckley) – September 23, 2013 – Tech Valley Communications has rebranded itself as FirstLight Fiber, a name that it says reflects its…
Much more than a name change for Tech Valley Communications
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THE BUSINESS REVIEW (Adam Sichko) — September 23, 2013 — An Albany, NY, telecom company has more than tripled annual revenue since selling a majority…
TVC Earns Customer Service Nod from New York State
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CHANNEL VISION MAGAZINE — August 15, 2013 — Tech Valley Communications (TVC) has received the New York State Public Service Commission’s (NYSPSC) Excellent Service Commendation for the…
Tech Valley Closes TelJet Acquisition
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TELECOM RAMBLINGS — July 1, 2013 — Tech Valley Communications cemented its position as the main alternative fiber footprint in upstate NY and northern New…
Tech Valley targets Tier 2, 3 markets with its 10 Gbps service drive
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FIERCE TELECOM — June 27, 2013 — Tech Valley Communications, a fiber-centric competitive provider, has introduced a new capability that will enable it to deliver…
Tech Valley Communications opens new headquarters
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ALBANY TIMES UNION — June 26, 2013 — Tech Valley Communications opened the doors to its new headquarters Wednesday and also announced new capabilities to…
Cochran named Senior Director of Tech Valley Communications
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INTERNATIONAL VENTURE CAPITAL POST — June 20, 2013 — Tech Valley Communications announced today that it has chosen Robert Cochran as its senior director of…
Cochran named Senior Director of Tech Valley Communications
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IVC POST- June 20th, 2013 Tech Valley Communications announced today that it has chosen Robert Cochran as its senior director of sales engineering. Tech Valley…
ALLBANY Online Wins NYCOM Local Government Achievement Award
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The City of Albany is the 26th recipient of the Annual NYCOM Local Government Achievement Award for the ALLBANY Online Program. Peter Baynes, Executive Director…
Tech Valley hires Sidera veteran Mahoney to lead marketing, product management
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FIERCE TELECOM — May 21, 2013 — Tech Valley Communications has named 20-year telecom veteran Maura Mahoney as its senior director of marketing and product…
FirstLight Preparing For 8th Acquisition In Just Over 2 Years
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As featured in the October 5th issue of Albany Business Review. By Justin Dawes – Reporter, Albany Business Review The telecommunications and fiber optic internet…
4 Things Leaders Can Do Today to Increase Gender Diversity & Empower Women in the Telecommunication and Technology Field
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As featured in Capacity Magazine’s August/September 2020 issue. As a female executive for a growing technology company, I’ve given a lot of thought to the…
FirstLight Participates in NH Business Review Webinar
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Aaron Sawchuk, FirstLight’s Senior Vice President of Business Development for Cloud & Data Centers, recently presented a webinar on data security hosted by the New…
RTO Wireless Set to Significantly Expand Rural Internet Access with FirstLight Partnership
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FirstLight’s 15,000 fiber miles will help ensure RTO Wireless continues to bring internet access to underserved markets everywhere. Framingham, MA — February 25, 2020 —…
Solving Transport Complexity
General News
Thirty-five years after it first came to life, today’s Internet comprises thousands of public and private networks, across which more than 4.7 zettabytes of IP…
FirstLight: Fiber-Powered Holistic Data Center Solutions
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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…
FirstLight chosen as internet and voice supplier for Vacation Innovations
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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…
Foreign Interest in U.S. Fiber Assets is Growing as Oak Hill Sells FirstLight to Antin Infrastructure Partners
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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…
Finger Lakes Technologies Group rebrands as FirstLight
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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…
From CenturyLink to FirstLight: Charting the top 13 fiber buyers in 2017
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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…
FirstLight Wins Capacity Media’s Global Carrier Award for “Best Project – Americas”
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Albany, NY – October 31, 2017 – FirstLight, a leading fiber-optic bandwidth infrastructure services provider operating in the Northeast, announced that it is the Capacity…
The Connections of FirstLight Fiber
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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…
Why this Albany tech company is expanding with acquisition in western New York
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FirstLight Fiber plans to buy Finger Lakes Technologies Group, a telecommunications company outside of Rochester, New York. It is the latest in a series of…
FirstLight Fiber Strikes Again, to Acquire FLTG
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By: Rob Powell, Telecom Ramblings FirstLight Fiber has made another consolidation move up in the northeastern region. The Albany-based fiber infrastructure provider has announced its…
FirstLight Fiber combines with Oxford Networks
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By: Staff FirstLight Fiber, a leading fiber-optic bandwidth infrastructure services provider operating in New York and northern New England, announced today that Oak Hill Capital…
FirstLightFiber, Oxford Networks combine network operations
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05 January 2017 | Jason Mcgee-Abe Oak Hill Capital Partners has completed its acquisition of Oxford Networks and combined its operations with FirstLight Fiber, creating…
ISE Magazine: The Demand Is There. Are We Ready?
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By James Capuano Fiber Buildouts in 2017– A Look at Fiber Deployment Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities In 2016, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development…
Channel Partners’ Business Success Story: LightRiver Technologies and FirstLight
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Optical network integrator LightRiver Technologies designs, engineers, commissions and supports next-generation solutions for mission-critical clients that require the highest capacity, reliability and resiliency that today’s…
FirstLight Poised for Growth After Acquisitions
General News
By Tara Seals FirstLight Fiber, the fiber-optic bandwidth infrastructure services provider operating in New York and Northern New England, has had a packed year so…
Metro Bytes: FirstLight, WOW, OneNeck
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By Rob Powell For your Friday perusal in the metro space: one contract win, one field testing revelation, and one product roll-out. FirstLight Fiber tacked…
FirstLight Fiber provides the backbone for INdigital’s e-911 network
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FirstLight Fiber, a leading fiber-optic bandwidth infrastructure services provider operating in Vermont, New York and Northern New England, announced today that INdigital, a national leader…
Oak Hill seals FirstLight Fiber acquisition
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By Jason Mcgee-Abe US fibre-optic bandwidth infrastructure services provider, FirstLight Fiber, has been acquired by Oak Hill Capital Partners, which should propel its next stage…
Oak Hill Wraps FirstLight Fiber Acquisition
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PRESS RELEASE — Albany, NY – September 08, 2016 – FirstLight Fiber (“FirstLight”), a leading fiber-optic bandwidth infrastructure services provider operating in New York and Northern New England, announced today that Oak Hill…
Oak Hill Capital Partners Completes Acquisition of FirstLight Fiber
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ALBANY, NY–(Marketwired – Sep 8, 2016) – FirstLight Fiber (“FirstLight”), a leading fiber-optic bandwidth infrastructure services provider operating in New York and Northern New England,…
How FirstLight Fiber’s new parent company will help the Albany business grow
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By Chelsea Diana The president and CEO of FirstLight Fiber, said its acquisition by a Silicon Valley private equity firm will help the company expand…
FirstLight Fiber to be acquired by Silicon Valley private equity firm
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By Agnes Stubbs FirstLight Fiber has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by private equity firm Oak Hill Capital Partners for an undisclosed…
FirstLight Fiber sold to Calif. private equity firm
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MANCHESTER — A New York operator of fiber optics networks that gobbled up companies is now getting acquired itself. FirstLight Fiber, which employs 25 in…
Oak Hill Capital to Acquire FirstLight
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By Tara Seals FirstLight Fiber, a fiber-optic bandwidth infrastructure services provider operating in New York and Northern New England, has entered into a definitive agreement…
Firstlight Adds 36,000 Fiber Miles
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FirstLight Fiber has extended its dense fiber network further in New York. This expansion project added 36,000 fiber miles into New York’s Westchester, Rockland and…
Albany telecom company expands fiber network toward New York City
General News
By Chelsea Diana FirstLight Fiber has expanded its fiber optic network downstate toward New York City as it looks to grow beyond its current market.…
FirstLight Fiber’s 36,000-mile fiber extension targets wireless backhaul, enterprise opportunities
General News
By Sean Buckley FirstLight Fiber is enhancing its fiber diet by adding 36,000 miles into New York’s Westchester, Rockland and Orange counties, enabling it to…
FirstLight Fiber extends network by 36,000 fibre miles in New York
General News
By Agnes Stubbs At Metro Connect 2016 in Miami, US, fibre-optic network provider FirstLight Fiber revealed an expansion of its network in New York, adding…
FirstLight Extends Southward Along the Hudson
General News
By Rob Powell FirstLight Fiber announced an expansion into a new region this morning, and this time the vector isn’t M&A. They have added new…
FirstLight Fiber Signs One Connect as a VAR in Upstate New York
General News
By Tara Seals FirstLight Fiber, a facilities-based telecom service provider operating in Upstate New York and Northern New England, has announced that One Connect, a…
Network Bytes: Zayo, FirstLight, iRis, Windstream, NJFX
General News
By Rob Powell TGIF with a fine fall weekend ahead. Here’s some network news items to consider before heading out: FirstLight Fiber went bowling up…
Tech Tidbits: Dyn readies TechTober Fest, FirstLight’s line of credit grows
General News
BY NHBR STAFF Dyn readies TechTober Fest, FirstLight’s line of credit grows … and more FirstLight Fiber, a telecom service provider operating in upstate New…
FirstLight Fiber Announces Credit Line Expansion
General News
By David Delony Facilities-based telecommunications provider FirstLight Fiber has announced that it has secured an expanded line of credit from GE Capital and Webster Bank.…
Metro Bytes: FirstLight, CityFibre, RCN, Zayo, Verizon
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By Rob Powell Here’s a quick roundup of some news from the metro, with three event contracts, an expansion, and some IoT: FirstLight Fiber took…
Albany telecom firm lands New Hampshire ski resort work
General News
By Brian Nearing Albany-headquartered telecommunications firm FirstLight Fiber announced Tuesday that the Mount Sunapee ski resort in New Hampshire is buying the firm’s fiber-based Internet and…
FirstLight Talks Fiber
General News
By Dominick Sorrentino Editor of Networked Enterprise It almost goes without saying that a modern enterprise or organization cannot function without having an effective, high-speed Internet…
Rensselaer betting on faster Internet to attract SUNY Poly, new business
General News
Chelsea Diana Albany Business Review Rensselaer, New York is exploring a plan to install a fiber optics network across the city for faster internet access…
Fiber-based networks and health care technology
General News
BY MAURA MAHONEY With every passing year, remarkable technological advancements make their way into the health care market. These advancements not only intend to improve…
FirstLight shows off its newly completed data center
General News
By DAVE SOLOMON New Hampshire Union Leader MANCHESTER – If the future of the Internet is lightning-fast fiber-optic service, FirstLight Fiber is helping to bring…
Hudson Valley Community College Deploys Fiber-Based Internet
General News
By Leila Meyer 05/05/15 Hudson Valley Community College in New York state has implemented fiber-based Internet to its main campus and a dedicated point-to-point Ethernet…
Introducing FirstLight
General News
For more than fifteen (15) years, FirstLight has been designing, building and maintaining fiber-based communications networks throughout Upstate New York and Northern New England. FirstLight…
FirstLight shines in New England datacenter market
General News
Colocation provider FirstLight Fiber has fiber assets in New York, Vermont and New Hampshire. It has been growing through acquisition and organically, and sees its…
As landline phones fade, FairPoint looks to a new business: data centers
General News
By DAVID BROOKS Staff Writer MANCHESTER – Even as FairPoint Communications settled a long strike involving many of its line workers, the company made another…
Emerging innovators in wireline: Future leaders to watch in 2015
General News
FIERCE TELECOM – February 27, 2015 CEOs may be the leaders who provide the vision for the company. But every great company must also have a…
Google Fiber, Other ISP Heads Agree: We’ll Keep Investing No Matter What The FCC Does About Net Neutrality
General News
With only hours remaining in the countdown to tomorrow’s net neutrality vote, everyone from Silicon Valley to Capitol Hill is getting their last words in. At…
Firstlight Fiber Joins Connection Hub at 325 Hudson
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COMMERCIAL OBSERVER – January 21, 2015 – Albany-based FirstLight Fiber is joining the ranks of fiber providers that establish a connection point at 325 Hudson Street.…
FirstLight will expand services throughout the Northeast following latest acquisition
General News
ALBANY BUSINESS REVIEW – August 28, 2014 – FirstLight Fiber, a telecom company headquartered in Albany, has positioned itself to offer more services in markets…
N.Y. broadband firm takes a bigger step into N.H. market
General News
New Hampshire Business Review – August 27, 2014 – FirstLight Fiber of Albany, N.Y. announced Wednesday that it has reached an agreement to acquire G4…
FirstLight Fiber acquires G4 Communications, enhances New Hampshire network presence
General News
FIERCE TELECOM – August 27, 2014 – FirstLight Fiber is expanding its presence in the New Hampshire market by reaching an asset purchase agreement to…
FirstLight Expands Enterprise Play With G4 Buy
General News
LIGHT READING – August 27, 2014 – FirstLight Fiber has augmented its years-long mission to amass a New England fiber empire with an acquisition more…
SymQuest selects FirstLight Fiber data centre services
General News
TELECOM PAPER – August 21, 2014 – Facilities-based telecommunications service provider, FirstLight Fiber will provide data centre and connectivity services to SymQuest, a design, installation…
FirstLight Fiber brings 100G connectivity to its on-net building locations
General News
FIERCE TELECOM – MAY 13, 2014 – FirstLight Fiber is responding to customer demand in Tier 2 and Tier 3 metro markets by expanding its…
FirstLight Fiber Taps Ciena for 100G Upgrade
General News
LIGHTWAVE ONLINE – May 13, 2014 – FirstLight Fiber, a service provider operating fiber-optic networks in Upstate New York and Northern New England with connectivity…
FirstLight Carrier Ethernet Quote System Will Leverage Local Strengths
General News
CARRIER ETHERNET NEWS – April 3, 2014 – Carrier Ethernet service provider FirstLight considers its local focus to be a key differentiator – and a…
FirstLight Launches Wholesale Ethernet
General News
CHANNEL PARTNERS MAGAZINE – March 18, 2014 – FirstLight Launches Wholesale Ethernet – FirstLight Fiber, a facilities-based telecommunications service provider operating fiber optic networks in upstate…
FirstLight Fiber to Deliver High-speed Internet by Upgrading Its IP Core Network
General News
TMCNet – Dark Fiber Community – March 18, 2014 – FirstLight Fiber announced plans to upgrade its IP core network to deliver high-speed and low…
Albany and Montreal company partner on network
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(ALBANY) TIMES UNION – January 28, 2014 – FirstLight Fiber of Albany is once again looking to Canada to expand its fiber optic networking business. The…
FirstLight, Fibrenoire Meet at the Border
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TELECOM RAMBLINGS – January 28, 2014 – Two regional and metro operators on either side of the US/Canada border have teamed up. Albany-based FirstLight Fiber…
Van Wagenen: FirstLight drives value through local presence and support
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FIERCE TELECOM – January 23, 2014 – On the Hot Seat with Kurt Van Wagenen, CEO of FirstLight Kurt Van Wagenen, CEO of FirstLight, sees…
Albany telecom hires new CFO
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ALBANY BUSINESS REVIEW – January 22, 2014 – FirstLight Fiber, an Albany, NY telecommunications provider, has hired Gary Kraemer as its new chief financial officer…
FirstLight Appoints Kraemer CFO
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CHANNELVISION MAGAZINE – January 21, 2014 – FirstLight Fiber, which operates wholesale and retail operations in Upstate New York and Northern New England, has appointed…
Looking Back at 2013′s M&As – US Network Edition ~ Telecom Ramblings
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TELECOM RAMBLINGS – December 23, 2013 – Last year in the US metro/telecom/infrastructure merger marketplace, the pickings were slim once you got past the big…
Dark fiber reignites as wireless backhaul heats up – Year in Review 2013 ~ Fierce Telecom
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FIERCE TELECOM – December 20, 2013 – Service providers purchasing dark fiber in the form of long-term indefeasible rights of use (IRUs) is hardly new,…
Tech Valley Communications Rebrands to FirstLight Fiber ~ Telecom Review North America
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TELECOM REVIEW NORTH AMERICA – November 12, 2013 – FirstLight Fiber (formerly known as Tech Valley Communications) announced the formal rebranding of Tech Valley Communications…
Hudson Valley, University at Albany to Share Information Technology Services
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UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY – October 31, 2013 – The University at Albany and Hudson Valley Community College (Hudson Valley) have formalized an agreement to share…
Vermont Hard Cider taps FirstLight Ethernet, internet
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TELECOM PAPER – October 30, 2013 – Facilities-based telecommunications service provider, FirstLight Fiber (formerly known as Tech Valley Communications) has announced that The Vermont Hard…
AboveNet CEO Joins Board at FirstLight Fiber
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CHANNEL VISION MAGAZINE (Tara Seals) — October 15, 2013 — FirstLight Fiber (formerly known as Tech Valley Communications), which offers wholesale capacity in Upstate New…
Tech Valley Re-born as FirstLight, with a Strong Carrier Ethernet Focus
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CARRIER ETHERNET NEWS — October 10, 2013 — When competitive carriers arrived on the scene in the 1990s, their focus initially was on voice and…
Tech Valley Communications Rebrands to Become FirstLight Fiber
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ALBANY.COM – September 25, 2013 – What was once known as Tech Valley Communications is adding Data, Internet Access, Data Center Colocation and Voice services…
FirstLight Fiber completes Ethernet certification
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VERMONT BUSINESS MAGAZINE – September 24, 2013 – FirstLight Fiber of Albany, NY, (formerly known as Tech Valley Communications), a facilities-based telecommunications service provider operating…
Tech Valley Reborn As FirstLight, Aims At Ethernet Backhaul
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TELECOM RAMBLINGS (Robert Powell) – September 24, 2013 – The metro and regional fiber business has a new name to remember, as Tech Valley Communications…
Tech Valley begins new chapter with rebrand to FirstLight Fiber
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FIERCE TELECOM (Sean Buckley) – September 23, 2013 – Tech Valley Communications has rebranded itself as FirstLight Fiber, a name that it says reflects its…
Much more than a name change for Tech Valley Communications
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THE BUSINESS REVIEW (Adam Sichko) — September 23, 2013 — An Albany, NY, telecom company has more than tripled annual revenue since selling a majority…
TVC Earns Customer Service Nod from New York State
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CHANNEL VISION MAGAZINE — August 15, 2013 — Tech Valley Communications (TVC) has received the New York State Public Service Commission’s (NYSPSC) Excellent Service Commendation for the…
Tech Valley Closes TelJet Acquisition
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TELECOM RAMBLINGS — July 1, 2013 — Tech Valley Communications cemented its position as the main alternative fiber footprint in upstate NY and northern New…
Tech Valley targets Tier 2, 3 markets with its 10 Gbps service drive
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FIERCE TELECOM — June 27, 2013 — Tech Valley Communications, a fiber-centric competitive provider, has introduced a new capability that will enable it to deliver…
Tech Valley Communications opens new headquarters
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ALBANY TIMES UNION — June 26, 2013 — Tech Valley Communications opened the doors to its new headquarters Wednesday and also announced new capabilities to…
Cochran named Senior Director of Tech Valley Communications
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INTERNATIONAL VENTURE CAPITAL POST — June 20, 2013 — Tech Valley Communications announced today that it has chosen Robert Cochran as its senior director of…
Cochran named Senior Director of Tech Valley Communications
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IVC POST- June 20th, 2013 Tech Valley Communications announced today that it has chosen Robert Cochran as its senior director of sales engineering. Tech Valley…
ALLBANY Online Wins NYCOM Local Government Achievement Award
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The City of Albany is the 26th recipient of the Annual NYCOM Local Government Achievement Award for the ALLBANY Online Program. Peter Baynes, Executive Director…