M&A Deal Summary

Zayo Acquires Viatel - Infrastructure and Non-Irish Enterprise Business

On December 31, 2015, Zayo acquired communications company Viatel - Infrastructure and Non-Irish Enterprise Business from Viatel Holding for 95M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Zayo’s 19th transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is Zayo’s 9th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Zayo’s 2nd transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-12-31
Target Viatel - Infrastructure and Non-Irish Enterprise Business
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) Zayo
Sellers(s) Viatel Holding
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 95M EUR

Target

Viatel - Infrastructure and Non-Irish Enterprise Business

United Kingdom
Viatel - Infrastructure and Non-Irish Enterprise Business is a provider communication services via an 8,400 kilometer fiber network across eight countries.

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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 27 of 36
Sector: Communications M&A 19 of 26
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 3
Country: United Kingdom M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2015 M&A 4 of 4
Size (of disclosed) 9 of 15
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-11-23 Allstream

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Allstream is a provider of IP communications and the only national provider that works exclusively with business customers. Supported by its more than 30,000-kilometre nationwide high-performance fibre-optic network, Allstream’s communications technologies and services include a range of innovative, highly-scalable IP, Cloud and Security solutions that help organizations communicate more efficiently and profitably.

Buy CA$465M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-01-06 Onvoy Voice Services

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Onvoy Voice Services is a provider of telecommunications solutions to wireless carriers and Voice over Internet Protocol service providers.

Sell -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Viatel Holding

Surrey, United Kingdom

Category Company
Sector Communications
DESCRIPTION

Viatel Holding Ltd. is a provider of long-distance voice and data services to small and medium-size enterprises, carriers and resellers primarily in Western Europe.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Communications M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1