M&A Deal Summary

Telephone & Data Systems Acquires BendBroadband

On September 2, 2014, Telephone & Data Systems acquired communications company BendBroadband for 261M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Telephone & Data Systems’ 4th transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is Telephone & Data Systems’ 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Telephone & Data Systems’ 8th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Telephone & Data Systems’ 1st transaction in Oregon.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2014-09-02
Target BendBroadband
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) Telephone & Data Systems
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 261M USD

Target

BendBroadband

Bend, Oregon, United States
BendBroadband is a full-service communications company, offering an extensive range of broadband, fiber connectivity, cable television, and telephone services for commercial and residential customers.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Telephone & Data Systems

Chicago, Illinois, United States
Category Company
Founded 1968
Sector Communications
Employees9,200
Revenue 5.2B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Telephone & Data Systems provides wireless; cable and wireline broadband, TV and voice; and hosted and managed services to approximately 5.8 million customers nationwide through its subsidiaries TDS Telecom and U.S. Cellular. Telephone & Data Systems was founded in 1968 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 8
Sector (Communications) 4 of 4
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 8 of 8
State (Oregon) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 8 of 8
Year (2014) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-10-11 Mountain States Networking

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

MSN Communications, Inc. (dba Mountain States Networking) is a network solutions provider.

Buy $40M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-05-20 Mountain States Networking

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

MSN Communications, Inc. (dba Mountain States Networking) is a network solutions provider.

Sell -
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