RCN Telecom Services Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 1993

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Private

  • Employees
  • 3,300

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • Debt

  • Financing Rounds
  • 22

  • Investments
  • 9

RCN Telecom Services General Information

Description

Provider of communications products and services based in Princeton, New Jersey. The company offers internet, digital television and phone services to residential customers as well as small, medium and enterprise businesses further providing data services comprising internet access, email and web mail, internet security services, and other web-based services.

Contact Information

Website
www.astound.com
Formerly Known As
Residential Communications Network
Ownership Status
Privately Held (backing)
Financing Status
Private Equity-Backed
Corporate Office
  • 650 College Road East
  • Suite 3100
  • Princeton, NJ 08540
  • United States
+1 (800)
Primary Industry
Telecommunications Service Providers
Other Industries
Internet Service Providers
Cable Service Providers
Vertical(s)
TMT
Corporate Office
  • 650 College Road East
  • Suite 3100
  • Princeton, NJ 08540
  • United States
+1 (800)

RCN Telecom Services Timeline

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RCN Telecom Services Valuation & Funding

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RCN Telecom Services Comparisons

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Provider of communications products and services based in Princeton, New Jersey. The company offers internet, digital te
Telecommunications Service Providers
Princeton, NJ
3,300 As of 2024

Mumbai, India
 

Quincy, MA
 
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RCN Telecom Services Competitors (21)

One of RCN Telecom Services’s 21 competitors is Mediacom Communications, a Corporation company based in Mumbai, India.

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Mediacom Communications Corporation Mumbai, India
Breezeline Private Equity-Backed Quincy, MA
C Spire Private Debt Financed Meadville, MS
Frontier Communications Corporation Tampa, FL
Optimum (New York) Formerly PE-Backed New York, NY
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RCN Telecom Services Signals

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RCN Telecom Services Investors

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RCN Telecom Services Investments & Acquisitions (9)

RCN Telecom Services’s most recent deal was a Buyout/LBO with Astound FastMesh. The deal was made on 16-Mar-2022.

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
Astound FastMesh 16-Mar-2022 Buyout/LBO Internet Service Providers
WideOpenWest (Operations in Chicago, Evansville, Indiana and Anne Arundel, Maryland) 01-Nov-2021 Buyout/LBO Internet Service Providers
Wave ( Internet Service Providers) 24-Jan-2018 Buyout/LBO Internet Service Providers
Grande Communications Networks 01-Feb-2017 Buyout/LBO Cable Service Providers
Neon Communications Group 13-Nov-2007 Merger/Acquisition Telecommunications Service Providers
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RCN Telecom Services Exits (1)

RCN Telecom Services’s most recent exit was on 04-Apr-2001 from Pacific Broadband Communications. The exit was categorized as with 9 buyers.

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size Status Buyers
Pacific Broadband Communications 04-Apr-2001 Completed
  • 9 buyers
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RCN Telecom Services Affiliates

Subsidiaries (4)

Name Industry Location Year Founded
Astound FastMesh Hillsboro, OR 2010
Wave ( Internet Service Providers) Kirkland, WA 2003
Grande Communications Networks San Marcos, TX 1999
Neon Communications Group New York, NY 1989

RCN Telecom Services FAQs

  • When was RCN Telecom Services founded?

    RCN Telecom Services was founded in 1993.

  • Where is RCN Telecom Services headquartered?

    RCN Telecom Services is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

  • What is the size of RCN Telecom Services?

    RCN Telecom Services has 3,300 total employees.

  • What industry is RCN Telecom Services in?

    RCN Telecom Services’s primary industry is Telecommunications Service Providers.

  • Is RCN Telecom Services a private or public company?

    RCN Telecom Services is a Private company.

  • What is RCN Telecom Services’s current revenue?

    The current revenue for RCN Telecom Services is .

  • How much funding has RCN Telecom Services raised over time?

    RCN Telecom Services has raised $33.5M.

  • Who are RCN Telecom Services’s investors?

    Stonepeak Partners has invested in RCN Telecom Services.

  • Who are RCN Telecom Services’s competitors?

    Mediacom Communications, Breezeline, C Spire, Frontier Communications, and Optimum (New York) are some of the 21 competitors of RCN Telecom Services.

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