M&A Deal Summary

Zayo Acquires American Fiber Systems

On October 1, 2010, Zayo acquired communications company American Fiber Systems

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Zayo’s 7th transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is Zayo’s 7th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Zayo’s 2nd transaction in New York.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2010-10-01
Target American Fiber Systems
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) Zayo
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

American Fiber Systems

Rochester, New York, United States
American Fiber Systems, Inc. is a provider of metropolitan fiber network and telecom services. AFS provides both lit and dark fiber bandwidth infrastructure services.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Zayo

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Category Company
Founded 2007
Sector Communications
Employees3,700
Revenue 2.6B USD (2018)
DESCRIPTION
Zayo's corporate headquarters in Boulder, Colorado.
Zayo's corporate headquarters in Boulder, Colorado.

Zayo is a provider of bandwidth infrastructure and network neutral colocation and interconnection services. Zayo's services allow its customers, which include telecom carriers, wireless service providers, media and content companies, and other bandwidth-intensive businesses, to transport data, voice, video, and internet traffic, as well as to interconnect their networks. Zayo was founded in 2007 and is based in Boulder, Colorado.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 36
Sector: Communications M&A 7 of 26
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 7 of 33
State: New York M&A 2 of 3
Country: United States M&A 7 of 29
Year: 2010 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-05-28 Fibernet Telecom Group

New York, New York, United States

Fibernet Telecom Group, Inc. is a provider of telecommunications products and services.

Buy $91M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-12-01 360networks

Seattle, Washington, United States

360networks (USA), Inc. is a provider of customized voice, data, and video transport, as well as Internet services.

Buy -