Lightower Fiber Networks Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 2006

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Acquired/​Merged

  • Employees
  • 510

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • M&A

  • Financing Rounds
  • 11

  • Investments
  • 10

Lightower Fiber Networks General Information

Description

Provider of all-fiber, high-performance networking service intended to provide limitless connectivity to organizations. The company uses a 33,000 miles network throughout the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest for providing dense connectivity to thousands of customers in health care, financial services, media and content, cloud infrastructure, carriers and education industry and government organizations. It also provides back-up and recovery, content carriage, and media distribution services to its clients.

Contact Information

Ownership Status
Acquired/Merged
Financing Status
Formerly PE-Backed
Corporate Office
  • 80 Central Street
  • Boxborough, MA 01719
  • United States
Primary Industry
Wireless Communications Equipment
Other Industries
Fiberoptic Equipment
Vertical(s)
TMT
Corporate Office
  • 80 Central Street
  • Boxborough, MA 01719
  • United States

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Lightower Fiber Networks Valuation & Funding

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Lightower Fiber Networks Comparisons

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Provider of all-fiber, high-performance networking service intended to provide limitless connectivity to organizations.
Wireless Communications Equipment
Boxborough, MA
510 As of 2015

Claremont, NC
 

Germantown, MD
 
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Lightower Fiber Networks Competitors (32)

One of Lightower Fiber Networks’s 32 competitors is CommScope Holding Company, a Formerly PE-Backed company based in Claremont, NC.

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
CommScope Holding Company Formerly PE-Backed Claremont, NC
Hughes Network Systems Formerly PE-Backed Germantown, MD
ViaSat Corporation Carlsbad, CA
V.tal Private Equity-Backed Fort Lauderdale, FL
Unite Private Networks Formerly PE-Backed Kansas City, MO
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Lightower Fiber Networks Signals

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Lightower Fiber Networks Former Investors

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Lightower Fiber Networks Investments (10)

Lightower Fiber Networks’s most recent deal was a Buyout/LBO with Datacenter101. The deal was made on 05-Jul-2016.

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
Datacenter101 05-Jul-2016 Buyout/LBO Internet Service Providers
Harborlite Networks 21-Dec-2015 Buyout/LBO IT Consulting and Outsourcing
Fibertech Networks 12-Aug-2015 Buyout/LBO Other Communications and Networking
ColocationZone 11-Mar-2015 Buyout/LBO Systems and Information Management
Sidera Networks 11-Apr-2013 Buyout/LBO Connectivity Products
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Lightower Fiber Networks FAQs

  • When was Lightower Fiber Networks founded?

    Lightower Fiber Networks was founded in 2006.

  • Where is Lightower Fiber Networks headquartered?

    Lightower Fiber Networks is headquartered in Boxborough, MA.

  • What is the size of Lightower Fiber Networks?

    Lightower Fiber Networks has 510 total employees.

  • What industry is Lightower Fiber Networks in?

    Lightower Fiber Networks’s primary industry is Wireless Communications Equipment.

  • Is Lightower Fiber Networks a private or public company?

    Lightower Fiber Networks is a Private company.

  • What is the current valuation of Lightower Fiber Networks?

    The current valuation of Lightower Fiber Networks is .

  • What is Lightower Fiber Networks’s current revenue?

    The current revenue for Lightower Fiber Networks is .

  • How much funding has Lightower Fiber Networks raised over time?

    Lightower Fiber Networks has raised $568M.

  • Who are Lightower Fiber Networks’s investors?

    Abry Partners, Berkshire Partners, GoldPoint Partners, HarbourVest Partners, and M/C Partners are 5 of 10 investors who have invested in Lightower Fiber Networks.

  • Who are Lightower Fiber Networks’s competitors?

    CommScope Holding Company, Hughes Network Systems, ViaSat, V.tal, and Unite Private Networks are some of the 32 competitors of Lightower Fiber Networks.

  • When was Lightower Fiber Networks acquired?

    Lightower Fiber Networks was acquired on 01-Nov-2017.

  • Who acquired Lightower Fiber Networks?

    Lightower Fiber Networks was acquired by Crown Castle International.

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