Zayo: 101 E Town St

Zayo Group is telecom and fiber company. The company is publicly traded on the NYSE under the ticker ZAYO.

Zayo was founded in 2007 and is a provider of Network, Fiber, Cloud and Colocation services. The colocation division is known as zColo.

Zayo Company History:

Zayo has been a skilled acquirer of Fiber, Network, and Data Center companies.

2016

• Zayo acquired Allstream, a Canadian, telecommunications company that had been in business for 170 years. Initially established as a telegraph service provider over Canada's first transcontinental railroad.
• Electric Lightwave (ELI) was acquired for $1.42 billion. ELI had previously acquired Integra Telecom

2015:

• Zayo acquired the Fiber and Enterprise divisions of IdeaTek Systems for $52 Million. The acquisition added fiber footprint in Kansas.
• Zayo acquired Latisys, a data center and IaaS Cloud provider for $675 Million

2014:

• Zayo completed an IPO on the NYSE which raised $278 million providing a market cap of $5
  Billion
• Zayo acquired Colo Facilities Atlanta (aka AtlantaNAP)
• Zayo acquired Neo Telecoms
• Zayo acquired Geo Networks Ltd
• Zayo acquired CoreXchange, Inc., a Dallas based data center operator

2013:

• Zayo acquired Core NAP, an Austin based data center operator
• Zayo acquired Access Communications, Inc for its Minneapolis-St Paul fiber network
• Zayo acquired FiberLink, a Mid-West dark fiber operator

2012:

• Zayo acquired AboveNet
• Zayo acquired Arialink for fiber assest in Lansing and Ann Arbor Michigan
• Zayo acquired FiberGate for fiber assets in the greater Washington DC area
• Zayo acquired USCarrier
• Zayo acquired First Telecom Services
• Zayo acquired Litecast/Balticore for $22 Million

2011:

• Zayo acquired 360networks for $345 Million
• Zayo acquired MarquisNet data center business in Las Vegas

2010:

• Zayo acquired AGL Networks
• Zayo acquired American Fiber Solutions
• Zayo acquired Dolphini’s Cummins Station data centers

2009:

• Zayo acquired FiberNet Telecom Group, Inc

2008:

• Zayo acquired Citynet Fiber Network (CFN), the wholesale division of integrated communications provider, Citynet
• Zayo acquired Columbia Fiber Solutions
• Zayo acquired some assets of Adesta Communications
• Zayo acquired a Fiber network from Northwest Telephone
• Zayo acquired a Fiber network from CenturyTel

2007:

• Zayo Founded and raised $225 Million in private equity funding.
• Zayo acquired Memphis Networx
• Zayo acquired PPL Telecom
• Zayo acquired Indiana Fiber Works
• Zayo acquired VoicePipe
• Zayo acquired Onvoy