Level3 is Now CenturyLink
Level3 officially became CenturyLink last week. “CenturyLink has closed its massive $34 billion deal to buy Level(3) Communications.” Now the real work begins with integrating – Embarq, CenturyTel, Madison River, …
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Telecom Tidbits (M&A Edition) (part 2467)
Lots of deals happening. SONUS and Genband have completed the merger and changed the name to Ribbon Communications. SoftBank might be calling off talks to merge Sprint and T-Mobile, according …
Datto Merges With Autotask
Channele2e reports that the private equity firm that owns Autotask has decided to buy Datto (who hired bankers last month) and merge it with Autotask! Datto has a extensive partner …
Robocalls Are Killing Me
I received 7 interrupting calls today. Five of them were automated messages or hang-ups. Two others were sales calls for a charity and a credit card processing company. I am …
Talent Drives Growth
I am told it is an exciting time of innovation and growth in telecommunications. The problem for many providers is that neither innovation or growth come without investment. Some of …
The Aging Channel
In one of my popular posts in 2017, I wrote that one thing rippling through the channel is that The Channel is Aging. The Channel is getting Old. Not near …