M&A Deal Summary

Zayo Acquires FiberLink

On October 7, 2013, Zayo acquired communications company FiberLink

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Zayo’s 16th transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is Zayo’s 17th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Zayo’s 2nd transaction in Illinois.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2013-10-07
Target FiberLink
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) Zayo
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

FiberLink

Chicago, Illinois, United States
FiberLink, LLC (“FiberLink”), a Midwest-based dark fiber operator.

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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 19 of 35
Sector (Communications) 16 of 25
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 19 of 33
State (Illinois) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 17 of 28
Year (2013) 4 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-10-02 Access Communications

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Access Communications, Inc. is a provider of metro Bandwidth Infrastructure services.

Buy $41M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-03-06 CoreXchange

Boulder, Colorado, United States

CoreXchange is a data center, bandwidth and managed services provider. CoreXchange’s online presence that facilitates simple, real-time online sales and ordering of colocation services.

Buy -