M&A Deal Summary

Great Plains Communications Acquires Pinpoint Broadband

On February 17, 2016, Great Plains Communications acquired communications company Pinpoint Broadband from Pinpoint Holdings

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Great Plains Communications’ 2nd transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is Great Plains Communications’ 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Great Plains Communications’ 2nd transaction in Nebraska.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2016-02-17
Target Pinpoint Broadband
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) Great Plains Communications
Sellers(s) Pinpoint Holdings
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Pinpoint Broadband

Papillion, Nebraska, United States
Pinpoint Broadband, Inc. is a provider of telecom backbone service to carriers and enterprise companies.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Great Plains Communications

Blair, Nebraska, United States
Category Company
Founded 1909
Sector Communications
DESCRIPTION

Great Plains Communications, Inc. is the largest privately-owned telecommunications provider in Nebraska, delivering high speed Internet, cable television, and voice services to over 90 communities across the state. The company also prides itself on their progressive approach to accommodating the unique needs of all regional and national telecommunications carriers, LECs, ISPs, wireless carriers and other service providers utilizing superior engineering and custom build strategies. At the core of its service offering is an extensive 9,500-mile regional fiber network including over 300 fiber miles in the Omaha Metro area. The network extends beyond Nebraska into Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, South Dakota, and Wyoming offering community access rings, last-mile, and middle-mile solutions, all fully supported by their 24x7x365 Network Operations Center.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 5
Sector (Communications) 2 of 5
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 2
State (Nebraska) 2 of 3
Country (United States) 2 of 5
Year (2016) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-02-17 Pinpoint Network Solutions

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Pinpoint Network Solutions is a provider of communication services.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-05-15 InterCarrier Networks

Clayton, Missouri, United States

InterCarrier Networks is a regional fiber-optic carrier operating a high-capacity fiber-optic network spanning Indiana and Illinois. Since its founding InterCarrier’s core mission has been to provide high-capacity fiber-optic bandwidth transport capacity to smaller and underserved markets in Illinois and Indiana. Its network transports bandwidth between smaller markets and major telecommunications hubs in Chicago, St. Louis and Indianapolis. InterCarrier Networks operates as a carrier's carrier, providing high-capacity bandwidth transport to the nation’s largest telecommunications carriers.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Pinpoint Holdings

Cambridge, Nebraska, United States
Category Company
Founded 1992
Sector Communications
DESCRIPTION

Pinpoint Holdings, Inc. is a diversified communications company with interests in long haul dark and lit fiber, omaha data center, local and long distance telephone and wireless services.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Communications) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
State (Nebraska) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2016) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-05-07 Pinpoint Broadband

Papillion, Nebraska, United States

Pinpoint Broadband, Inc. is a provider of telecom backbone service to carriers and enterprise companies.

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