M&A Deal Summary

AT&T Acquires Aloha Partners

On February 13, 2008, AT&T acquired communications company Aloha Partners from Catalyst Investors

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is AT&T’s 11th transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is AT&T’s 16th transaction in the United States.
  • This is AT&T’s 1st transaction in Rhode Island.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2008-02-13
Target Aloha Partners
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) AT&T
Sellers(s) Catalyst Investors
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Aloha Partners

Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Aloha Partners, L.P. provides wireless broadband services in the United States. It provides mobile broadband IP service for desktops, laptops, pocket PCs, and other devices.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

AT&T

Dallas, Texas, United States

Category Company
Founded 1983
Sector Communications
Employees148,290
Revenue 122.4B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
AT&T's corporate headquarters in downtown Dallas, Texas.
AT&T's corporate headquarters in downtown Dallas, Texas.

AT&T is a provider of telecommunications services in the United States and the world. AT&T offers services and products to consumers in the US and services and products to businesses and other providers of telecommunications services worldwide. AT&T's services and products include wireless communications, local exchange services, long-distance services, data/broadband and Internet services, video services, telecommunications equipment, managed networking, and wholesale services. AT&T was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 17 of 37
Sector (Communications) 11 of 19
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 15 of 30
State (Rhode Island) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 16 of 32
Year (2008) 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-11-18 Ingenio

San Francisco, California, United States

Ingenio is a peer-to-peer e-commerce marketplace, connecting customers and advisors through its proprietary web and telephony technology platform. Ingenio was founded in 1999 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-03-17 AT&T - NEC TDM Voice CPE Business

Dallas, Texas, United States

AT&T - NEC TDM Voice CPE Business is a provider of telephone, voice and data network services..

Sell -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Catalyst Investors

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Venture Capital Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 377M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Catalyst Investors is a specialist private equity firm that targets investments in the media, communications and internet services industries. Specific areas of interest include, video and audio content and distribution, print and online publishing, out-of-home advertising, music publishing, wireless voice and data, wireless spectrum and other infrastructure, outsourced applications providers / software as a service (SAAS), subscription based services, and online advertising. Catalyst looks for the growth companies located in the US and Canada requiring $10 to $60 million in capital. Catalyst prefers businesses with 'high-margin economics', 'defensible market positions', and 'recurring revenues'. Catalyst was formed in 1999 and is based in New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 19 of 39
Sector (Communications) 9 of 12
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 9 of 19
State (Rhode Island) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 19 of 37
Year (2008) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-10-19 Latisys

Englewood, Colorado, United States

Latisys Corp. is a provider of hybrid Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solutions that span enterprise cloud, managed hosting and data center colocation.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-04-01 Catalyst Repository Systems

Denver, Colorado, United States

Catalyst Repository Systems, Inc. is a developer of hosts applications to help legal, business and insurance teams manage large document populations and collaborate on complex matters securely over the Web. Catalyst Repository Systems was founded in 1998 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

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