List of 69 Illinois-based Communications Companies

Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	M&A Activity			Last 5 Years
Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	Total	Buy	Sell	Last 5 Years
Telephone & Data Systems NYSE : TDS Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Communications	4,964	10	8	2
Pavlov Media Private Champaign, Illinois, United States website	Communications	-	8	8	-
Anuvu PE Backed Platinum Equity 2025-08-18 Lombard, Illinois, United States website	Communications	657	7	6	1
Consolidated Communications Private Mattoon, Illinois, United States website	Communications	1,110	7	6	1
MBI PE Backed GTCR 2017-10-01 Chicago, Illinois, United States	Communications	-	3	3	-
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
United States Cellular NYSE : USM Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Communications	3,770	2	2	-
Raven Group Private Chicago, Illinois, United States	Communications	-	2	2	-
Vivacity Networks PE Backed Columbia Capital 2017-01-02 Naperville, Illinois, United States website	Communications	-	2	2	-
i3 Broadband PE Backed Wren House Infrastructure 2020-09-14 Peoria, Illinois, United States website	Communications	-	1	1	-
Global Capacity Acquired GTT 2017-06-26 $100M Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Communications	-	1	1	-
Kelmscott Communications LLC Private Aurora, 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	-

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