{"id":93066,"date":"2013-10-17T09:45:11","date_gmt":"2013-10-17T13:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/uncategorized\/wilcon-completes-acquisition-of-freedom-dark-fiber-networks.php"},"modified":"2013-10-17T09:45:11","modified_gmt":"2013-10-17T13:45:11","slug":"wilcon-completes-acquisition-of-freedom-dark-fiber-networks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/freedom\/wilcon-completes-acquisition-of-freedom-dark-fiber-networks.php","title":{"rendered":"Wilcon Completes Acquisition of Freedom Dark Fiber Networks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>    LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--  <\/p>\n<p>    Wilcon, the premier west coast provider of best-in-class fiber    optic and data center infrastructure, today announced it has    closed its acquisition of Freedom Dark Fiber Networks, the    leading high-capacity dark fiber provider in southern    California.  <\/p>\n<p>    With the completion of this acquisition, Wilcon is now one of    the largest fiber optic networks in southern California. Wilcon    has grown its fiber footprint by nearly 3,000 additional route    miles, providing access to nearly 1,000 additional enterprise    buildings, wireless communications sites, data centers and    Internet hubs (map here). The new customer-centric network    provides a powerful value proposition to the region's major    industries by giving them access to connectivity into strategic    submarkets not otherwise served by competitive providers.  <\/p>\n<p>    Jon DeLuca, chief executive officer of Wilcon, states, \"We are    very pleased to complete this transaction, which enables us to    provide unparalleled fiber access to our customers. By bringing    together the most dense fiber and interconnection    infrastructure in downtown Los Angeles and vast network reach    throughout southern California, we are poised to deliver    unmatched efficiencies in ultra-broadband performance for    businesses, wireless carriers and other communications services    providers.  <\/p>\n<p>    Dave Daigle, senior vice president of corporate development for    Wilcon and founder of Freedom Dark Fiber Networks, adds, With    the close of this agreement, our combined organization is able    to offer highly compelling solutions for the dynamic California    economy. As a member of the executive team, I look forward to    working closely with our customers to deploy leading solutions    for their SoCal network needs.  <\/p>\n<p>    As a result of the transaction, Freedom Dark Fiber Networks has    been renamed Freedom Telecommunications. The combined company    will offer a broad range of services, including dark fiber,    Ethernet services and managed optical wavelengths.  <\/p>\n<p>    The acquisition was backed by Pamlico Capital, which also led    Wilcon's acquisition in 2012 of IX2, a leading data center and    interconnection provider in downtown Los Angeles.  <\/p>\n<p>    The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.  <\/p>\n<p>    About Wilcon  <\/p>\n<p>    Founded in 1998, Wilcon is a leading provider of fiber optic    network infrastructure in Southern California connecting major    colocation facilities, data centers and enterprise locations.    With unparalleled network density and connectivity across    downtown Los Angeles' Internet and telecommunications corridor,    the company offers both dark fiber and lit services to    international and domestic carriers and enterprises.  <\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>See original here:<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/wilcon-completes-acquisition-freedom-dark-123000447.html;_ylt=A2KLOzLB6V9SshkAlsb_wgt.\" title=\"Wilcon Completes Acquisition of Freedom Dark Fiber Networks\">Wilcon Completes Acquisition of Freedom Dark Fiber Networks<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Wilcon, the premier west coast provider of best-in-class fiber optic and data center infrastructure, today announced it has closed its acquisition of Freedom Dark Fiber Networks, the leading high-capacity dark fiber provider in southern California. With the completion of this acquisition, Wilcon is now one of the largest fiber optic networks in southern California.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/freedom\/wilcon-completes-acquisition-of-freedom-dark-fiber-networks.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-freedom"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93066"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93066\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}