Zayo Group

Zayo Group is a publicly traded company headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, with European headquarters in London.^[2] The company provides fiber-based bandwidth infrastructure services and carrier-neutral colocation. Zayo’s primary customer segments include data centers, wireless carriers, national carriers, ISPs, enterprises, and government agencies.

A survivor of the dot-com bubble, Zayo Group was built largely through acquisitions; it took over thirty companies from 2007-2014, including bankrupt firms such as AboveNet and 360networks.^[1] An initial public offering of stock raised $600 million in 2014.^[3]

Founding and acquisition history

Zayo was founded in 2007 by Dan Caruso and John Scarano.^[4][5] In 2007, Zayo acquired Memphis Networx,^[4] VoicePipe,^[6] Onvoy Inc,^[6] PPL Telcom^[7] and Indiana Fiber Works.^[4] In 2008, Zayo acquired Columbia Fiber Solution,^[4] Adesta Communications assets,^[8] two sets of fiber assets from Citynet,^[9] two sets of fiber assets from Northwest Telephone,^[10] and CenturyTel Regional Markets.^[10] In 2009, Zayo acquired FiberNet Telcom Group, Inc.^[11] In 2010, Zayo acquired AGL Networks,^[12] American Fiber Solutions,^[4] and Dolphini’s Cummins Station data center and colocation services.^[13] In 2011, Zayo acquired MarquisNet data center business in Las Vegas,^[14] and 360networks.^[15] In 2012 Zayo acquired AboveNet,^[16] FiberGate,^[17] Arialink,^[18] US Carrier Telecom,^[2] First Telecom Services,^[2] and Maryland-based Litecast/Balticore.^[19] In 2013 Zayo acquired Austin-based data center operator Core NAP,^[20] Access Communications,^[21] Midwest-based dark fiber operator FiberLink,^[22] and Corelink Data Centers. In 2014, Zayo acquired Dallas-based data center operator CoreXchange,^[8] Neo Telecoms,^[23] and Geo Networks.^[24] As of May 2014, Zayo had acquired 30 telecommunications businesses.

On June 16, 2014, Zayo's subsidiary Onvoy, LLC acquired the assets of Vitelity, a voice over IP provider based in Denver, Colorado.^[25]

Network and services

Zayo owns a fiber network that spans more than 77,000 route miles in the United States, United Kingdom,^[24] Netherlands, Germany, France,^[26] Canada, and Japan.^[27] The network is connected to 14,196 buildings, including 622 data centers, 7,761 enterprise buildings, and 3,699 cellular towers. Zayo operates a Tier 1 IP network, with settlement-free peering with all other Tier 1 providers. Additionally, Zayo operates 27 colocation facilities^[28] with a combined footprint of 204,000 sq. ft. of saleable space. Zayo's services include dark fiber, wavelengths, SONET, Ethernet, IP services, colocation, wireless backhaul and small cells.

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