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