FCC, Team Telecom Clear Midwest Fiber Planned Buy of Everstream Licensees
The FCC Wireline Bureau approved Midwest Fiber Acquisition's proposed takeover of Everstream Holdings' Everstream Solutions and Everstream GLC, said a public notice Friday in docket docket 18-93. Thursday, DOJ, DOD and the Department of Homeland Security (Team Telecom) didn't object…
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and withdrew their request that the FCC defer action, after they completed a national security and law enforcement review. Everstream Holdings, through licensees, "is a super-regional network service provider bringing fiber-based Ethernet, internet and data center solutions to businesses throughout the Midwest," and "has more than 10,000 route miles and comprehensive data center connectivity at 100 Gbps," said a March 23 application to transfer licenses. Everstream GLC directly, and indirectly through Lynx Network Group, provides competitive telecom services in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin, while Evergreen Solutions holds domestic Communications Act Section 214 authority but doesn't provide telecom service, said a Wireline Bureau public notice April 10.