Jan 10 2011
Lightower Fiber Networks, provider of bandwidth service and metro fiber optic network based in Boxborough, Massachusetts, has inked a long-term deal to license NSTAR Communications’ entire lingering fiber optic network capacity. As per the deal, Lightower receives exclusive rights to existing NSTAR Communications' fiber optic capacity.
The agreement is part of Lightower’s acquisition strategy to provide services to prominent metropolitan areas and to link its fiber optic network across the Northeast. Lightower had signed five such deals and acquisitions in three years. The company recently purchased Lexent Metro Connect and proclaimed the acquisition of Open Access. Both acquisitions expanded Lightower’s client and network base in the greater New York City area. The company bought Veroxity Technology Partners in 2010 and Keyspan Communications and DataNet Communications in 2008.
Density and reach of Lightower’s all-fiber optic network in Boston and in the greater Boston region that comprises the Route 128 business district will be enhanced by the inclusion of NSTAR Communications’ fiber network. The NSTAR Communications network covers more than 280 fiber route miles that include more than 225 commercial buildings. The joint network expands Lightower’s fiber backbone mileage and last-mile fiber connectivity to commercial buildings across Boston and the neighboring communities.
Lightower’s existing network encompasses more than 5,500 fiber route miles and provides connectivity to more than 2,100 commercial buildings, Telco hotels, data centers and other vital interconnection amenities.
Lightower’s network spreads across New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey and New York that includes New York City and Long Island. The company also provides countrywide long haul services to Atlanta, Chicago, Phoenix, Washington D.C., San Diego, Denver, Sacramento, Los Angeles and San Francisco. M/C Venture Partners, Ridgemont Equity Partners and Pamlico Capital are supporting the Lightower’s fiber optic networks.