M&A Deal Summary

Birch Communications Acquires OrbitCom

On June 22, 2015, Birch Communications acquired communications company OrbitCom

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Birch Communications’ 4th transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is Birch Communications’ 6th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Birch Communications’ 1st transaction in South Dakota.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-06-22
Target OrbitCom
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) Birch Communications
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

OrbitCom

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States
OrbitCom, Inc. is a provider of voice and data solutions to small and medium businesses.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Birch Communications

Macon, Georgia, United States
Category Company
Founded 1996
Sector Communications
DESCRIPTION

Birch Communications (Formerly Birch Telecom, Inc) competitive local exchange carrier serving the southern and central United States, deploying a next-generation network to provide broadband communication services to small and medium-sized businesses with over 450,000 access lines.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 8
Sector (Communications) 4 of 6
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 4 of 5
State (South Dakota) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 6 of 7
Year (2015) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-04-21 Cbeyond

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Cbeyond is a provider of broadband communications applications to small and medium size businesses. Cbeyond is establishing a new category of next-generation broadband service providers by providing a fully integrated suite of local and long distance voice communications, high-speed Internet access, and enhanced data applications services over a common Internet protocol (IP) architecture.

Buy $323M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-10-05 Sage Telecom - Customer Assets

United States

Sage Telecom - Customer Assets comprises wireline services, asset acquisition is comprised of a less-than substantial amount of Sage’s total assets and it will continue to operate as a local exchange carrier in other geographic areas.

Buy -
Mergr

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