List of 41 Acquired Communications Companies in Illinois

Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	M&A Activity			Last 5 Years
Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	Total	Buy	Sell	Last 5 Years
Inteliquent Acquired Sinch 2021-02-17 $1.14B Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Communications	249	5	3	2
AT&T Teleholdings, Inc. Acquired SBC Communications, Inc. 1998-05-11 $62M Chicago, Illinois, United States	Communications	-	3	2	1
Global Capacity Acquired GTT 2017-06-26 $100M Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Communications	-	1	1	-
Clearwave Communications Acquired Cable ONE, Inc. 2018-11-12 Harrisburg, Illinois, United States website	Communications	-	1	1	-
InterCall, Inc. Acquired Intrado 2003-03-27 $399.6M Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Communications	-	1	1	-
Peerless Network Acquired Infobip 2022-07-27 $200M Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Communications	-	1	1	-
United Asset Coverage, Inc. Acquired Shared Technologies, Inc. 2007-02-26 Naperville, Illinois, United States website	Communications	-	-	-	-
Gogo, Inc. - Commercial Aviation Business Acquired Intelsat 2020-08-31 $400M Chicago, Illinois, United States	Communications	-	-	-	-
Clear Talk Acquired Mobile Communications America 2024-09-16 Decatur, Illinois, United States website	Communications	-	-	-	-
Teza Technologies - Strategic Telco Assets Acquired Virtu Financial 2016-11-28 Chicago, Illinois, United States	Communications	-	-	-	-
NEC - On-Premise Unified Communications (UC) Business in Americas Acquired Forerunner Technologies 2025-01-10 Lincolnshire, Illinois, United States	Communications	-	-	-	-
Beyond Media, Inc. Acquired Watch Communications 2019-09-17 Cissna Park, Illinois, United States website	Communications	-	-	-	-
Business Only Broadband Acquired Windstream 2014-10-01 Westmont, Illinois, United States website	Communications	-	-	-	-
Global Data Services Business - Inteliquent, Inc. Acquired GTT 2013-04-30 $54.2M Chicago, Illinois, United States	Communications	-	-	-	-
Big Broadband Services Acquired Consolidated Communications 2016-04-18 Urbana, Illinois, United States	Communications	-	-	-	-
Beck Tech Acquired Mobile Communications America 2025-09-16 Decatur, Illinois, United States website	Communications	-	-	-	-

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