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

Telephone & Data Systems

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Category Company
Founded 1968
Sector Communications
Employees7,900
Revenue 5.0B USD (2024)
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 M&A 4 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 8 of 8
State: Oregon M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 8 of 8
Year: 2014 M&A 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 -