Zayo has executed a definitive agreement to acquire Arialink, Mid-Michigan’s largest fiber optic service provider. With the acquisition, Zayo adds 930 new route miles to its national footprint, including 400 miles of dense metro networks in Lansing and Ann Arbor. Arialink provides Ethernet, dark fiber and optical transport services to education, government agency and enterprise customers across its 437 on-net building footprint. The interconnected networks will enable end-to-end Bandwidth Infrastructure services between Zayo’s existing 45,000 mile national network and Arialink’s extensive network in Michigan.
Arialink recently was awarded and has begun construction of a 190-mile network to interconnect major healthcare facilities as part of an FCC grant to the Michigan Public Health Institute. This unique network will support connectivity to healthcare facilities in rural parts of the state and bring broadband services to underserved communities.
The transaction, subject to customary approvals, is expected to close during the second quarter of 2012.
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