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Windstream set to acquire PAETEC

August 1, 2011 Paetec News (NASDAQ GS: PAET)

Windstream Corp. (Nasdaq: WIN) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire PAETEC Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: PAET), based in Fairport, N.Y., in a transaction valued at approximately $2.3 billion. “This transaction significantly advances our strategy to drive top-line revenue growth by expanding our focus on business and broadband services,” said Jeff Gardner, president and CEO [...]

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Windstream introduces high-bandwidth Ethernet Internet in 11 new metro areas

July 6, 2011 Windstream

Windstream Corp. (NASDAQ: WIN) is expanding its larger bandwidth Ethernet Internet offering to 11 new markets. The new markets are Akron, Columbus and Dayton, Ohio; Indianapolis, Ind.; Wichita, Kan.; Tulsa and Oklahoma City, Okla.; Northwest Arkansas; Augusta, Ga.; Baton Rouge, La.; and Mobile, Ala. With Windstream’s Ethernet offering, customers can get high bandwidth Internet speeds [...]

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Windstream unveils new Boston data center

May 23, 2011 Windstream

Windstream Hosted Solutions has completed its new multimillion dollar data center expansion project in downtown Boston as part of the company’s plan to expand its footprint. The new SAS 70 Type II compliant data center has nearly doubled in size, making it one of the most advanced and largest managed services facilities in the Boston [...]

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WindStream continues data center expansion strategy

April 27, 2011 Windstream

Windstream Hosted Solutionst has opened its third state-of-the-art data center in Charlotte as part of the company’s continued expansion. Windstream now operates three SAS 70 Type II certified facilities within the Charlotte market. The company also operates data centers in Raleigh and Cary, N.C.; Boston, Mass.; Newton, Iowa; State College and Ephrata, Pa.; Jacksonville, Fla.; [...]

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WindStream seeking to amend its senior secured revolving credit facility

April 19, 2011 Windstream

Windstream Corp. (Nasdaq: WIN), headquartered in Little Rock, Ark. claims the protection of the safe-harbor contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 for forward-looking statements set forth in this press release. Forward-looking statements are subject to uncertainties that could cause actual future events and results to differ materially from those expressed in [...]

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Windstream announces proposed private offering of $500 million of senior notes due 2021

March 14, 2011 Windstream

Windstream Corp. (Nasdaq: WIN) announced today that it intends to offer in a private placement $500 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes that will mature in 2021 and bear interest at a fixed rate. The offering is expected to be completed in late March 2011, subject to market and other conditions. If the offering [...]

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Windstream signs agreement with GreatAmerica Leasing Corp.

December 7, 2010 Windstream

Windstream (Nasdaq: WIN) today announced it has signed an agreement with GreatAmerica Leasing Corporation, a national commercial equipment finance company dedicated to helping manufacturers, vendors, dealers and end users be more successful. Through the agreement, GreatAmerica Leasing will provide Windstream customers with easy, flexible and innovative financing solutions on communications equipment. A leading provider of [...]

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Windstream Grows Fiber Network

December 3, 2010 Windstream

Windstream Corp. (Nasdaq: WIN) has completed its acquisition of Q-Comm Corporation (Q-Comm), a privately held regional fiber transport and competitive local exchange carrier, in a transaction valued at approximately $818 million. The transaction includes Q-Comm’s wholly owned subsidiaries Kentucky Data Link, Inc., (KDL), a fiber services provider, and Norlight, Inc. (Norlight), a competitive local exchange [...]

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Windstream Acquisition of Hosted Solutions Completed

December 2, 2010 Windstream

Windstream Corp. (Nasdaq: WIN) has completed its acquisition of Hosted Solutions Acquisition, LLC (Hosted Solutions) from ABRY Partners in an all-cash transaction valued at $310 million. Windstream financed the transaction through cash and revolving credit borrowings. Hosted Solutions, based in Raleigh, N.C., is a leading regional data center and managed hosting provider focused on enterprise-class [...]

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