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Birch Communications is an Atlanta, Georgia-based provider of IP-based communications, network broadband, cloud computing, and information technology services to small, mid-sized, enterprise and wholesale business customers in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=About Birch )〕 Company revenues in 2013 were approximately $207 million. As of 2014, Birch had 1,400 employees.〔 Birch has regional operations centers in Atlanta, Macon, Georgia and Emporia, Kansas.〔〔 Vincent M. Oddo serves as Birch’s president and chief executive officer. ==History== Birch was founded in 1996 as Access Integrated Networks in Atlanta by Vincent M. Oddo.〔 Oddo was a veteran of the telecommunications industry who previously had served as chief information officer and president of Graphic Scanning, which was acquired by Bell South in 1992.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Vincent Oddo, Birch Communications )〕 Oddo had also served as senior vice president and CIO of NuVox Communications, and senior vice president and COO of Network Telephone. In 2005, Access acquired customers from Kentucky-based Cinergy Communications. The following year Access acquired 43,000 local access lines from Trinsic Communications, a Delaware-based provider of local and long distance telephone services. Access also assumed the assets of Sprint Local in 2006.〔 In April 2007, Access purchased local, long-distance residential and SMB customers in Florida and Georgia from IDT Telecom.〔 Access Integrated Networks acquired Birch Telecom in November 2007. In 2008, Access Integrated Networks renamed the integrated company as Birch Communications. Access Integrated Networks changed its name to Birch Communications a few months later in February 2008. In 2008, Birch purchased approximately 30,000 business access lines from North Little Rock, Arkansas-based Navigator Telecommunications for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition increased consumer density for Birch in existing markets and allowed it to expand into California and Arkansas. With the acquisition, Birch increased its market presence to 31 states.〔 The acquisition of Cleartel Communications in 2009 added around 100,000 business and residential sites to Birch’s customer base as well as facilities in Florida. In September 2010, Birch acquired telecommunications service providers American Fiber Network, Freedom Communications USA, and CloseCall America. The acquisitions added 60,000 access lines to Birch’s customer base of 300,000 and expanded Birch’s operations to 38 states. In April 2011, Birch acquired Acutel of Texas assets. The company added 50,000 business and residential access lines in the Orlando, Florida area with Birch’s 2011 acquisition of Cordia Communications for $8 million. The acquisition was financed in part with a $77.5 million funding round the company completed in June 2011. Birch continued its expansion into Florida when it acquired the operating assets of AstroTel in January 2012. The assets included an IP network spanning the Tampa Bay, Florida area and was Birch’s fourteenth acquisition since 2006. Birch acquired the assets of dpiTeleconnect in May.〔 Birch purchased Port Charlotte, Florida-based DayStar Communications in October 2012. The deal expanded Birch’s small and medium business customer base in southwest Florida and other parts of the southeastern United States.〔 Birch continued its “tuck in” acquisition strategy with its March 2013 acquisition of Chattanooga, Tennessee-based Covista Communications. The strategy targeted companies that would increase customer density and expand Birch’s network near existing markets. Covista Communications was a facilities-based telecommunications service provider with business and residential customers in 48 states. In August 2013, Birch acquired Norcross, Georgia-based Ernest Communications. Ernest had been a major wholesale customer of Birch, and the acquisition expanded Birch’s operations to all 50 American states, Puerto Rico, and Canada. In 2013, Birch acquired Louisville, Kentucky-based Lightyear Network Solutions for $22 million. The acquisition allowed Birch to expand its Birch IP-Network service to 11 states.〔 Birch acquired customers from Liberty-Bell Telecom in June 2014, a subsidiary of DishNet. The acquisition expanded Birch’s customer base in the Denver, Colorado area. Later that month, Birch acquired Louisiana-based EveryCall.〔〔 Birch acquired Cbeyond in July 2014 for $323 million. Following the purchase, Cbeyond was delisted from the NASDAQ stock exchange and Cbeyond’s operations were folded into Birch. The acquisition marked a change in Birch’s service portfolio and expanded Birch’s cloud service offerings.〔 The same month Birch acquired Nebraska-based Selectel. In November 2014 Birch challenged in federal court a DMCA subpoena issued by Rightscorp. Birch refused to hand over personal information on its customers and called the subpoena an “invasive and overly broad” fishing expedition. Birch also alleged that Rightscorp was trying to exploit a lack of knowledge among smaller regional ISPs that DMCA subpoenas are not applicable to peer-to-peer file sharing. In December 2014, Birch opened a sales office in Detroit.〔 In January 2015, Birch announced an expansion of its office in Emporia, Kansas. In February that same year, Birch launched a fiber-based network expansion in Houston, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. In May 2015, a federal judge ruled Birch would not be required to release customer information despite a subpoena issued by Rightscorp in regard to copyright infringement issues. The next month, Birch began expanding Metro-Fiber in Dallas, Houston, Denver, and Los Angeles. In June 2015, Birch acquired the customer assets of OrbitCom, Inc. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Birch Communications is an Atlanta, Georgia-based provider of IP-based communications, network broadband, cloud computing, and information technology services to small, mid-sized, enterprise and wholesale business customers in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.(【引用サイトリンク】 title=About Birch ) Company revenues in 2013 were approximately $207 million. As of 2014, Birch had 1,400 employees.Birch has regional operations centers in Atlanta, Macon, Georgia and Emporia, Kansas. Vincent M. Oddo serves as Birch’s president and chief executive officer.==History==Birch was founded in 1996 as Access Integrated Networks in Atlanta by Vincent M. Oddo. Oddo was a veteran of the telecommunications industry who previously had served as chief information officer and president of Graphic Scanning, which was acquired by Bell South in 1992.(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Vincent Oddo, Birch Communications ) Oddo had also served as senior vice president and CIO of NuVox Communications, and senior vice president and COO of Network Telephone.In 2005, Access acquired customers from Kentucky-based Cinergy Communications. The following year Access acquired 43,000 local access lines from Trinsic Communications, a Delaware-based provider of local and long distance telephone services. Access also assumed the assets of Sprint Local in 2006. In April 2007, Access purchased local, long-distance residential and SMB customers in Florida and Georgia from IDT Telecom.Access Integrated Networks acquired Birch Telecom in November 2007. In 2008, Access Integrated Networks renamed the integrated company as Birch Communications. Access Integrated Networks changed its name to Birch Communications a few months later in February 2008.In 2008, Birch purchased approximately 30,000 business access lines from North Little Rock, Arkansas-based Navigator Telecommunications for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition increased consumer density for Birch in existing markets and allowed it to expand into California and Arkansas.With the acquisition, Birch increased its market presence to 31 states. The acquisition of Cleartel Communications in 2009 added around 100,000 business and residential sites to Birch’s customer base as well as facilities in Florida.In September 2010, Birch acquired telecommunications service providers American Fiber Network, Freedom Communications USA, and CloseCall America. The acquisitions added 60,000 access lines to Birch’s customer base of 300,000 and expanded Birch’s operations to 38 states.In April 2011, Birch acquired Acutel of Texas assets. The company added 50,000 business and residential access lines in the Orlando, Florida area with Birch’s 2011 acquisition of Cordia Communications for $8 million. The acquisition was financed in part with a $77.5 million funding round the company completed in June 2011. Birch continued its expansion into Florida when it acquired the operating assets of AstroTel in January 2012. The assets included an IP network spanning the Tampa Bay, Florida area and was Birch’s fourteenth acquisition since 2006. Birch acquired the assets of dpiTeleconnect in May. Birch purchased Port Charlotte, Florida-based DayStar Communications in October 2012. The deal expanded Birch’s small and medium business customer base in southwest Florida and other parts of the southeastern United States.Birch continued its “tuck in” acquisition strategy with its March 2013 acquisition of Chattanooga, Tennessee-based Covista Communications. The strategy targeted companies that would increase customer density and expand Birch’s network near existing markets. Covista Communications was a facilities-based telecommunications service provider with business and residential customers in 48 states. In August 2013, Birch acquired Norcross, Georgia-based Ernest Communications. Ernest had been a major wholesale customer of Birch, and the acquisition expanded Birch’s operations to all 50 American states, Puerto Rico, and Canada.In 2013, Birch acquired Louisville, Kentucky-based Lightyear Network Solutions for $22 million. The acquisition allowed Birch to expand its Birch IP-Network service to 11 states.Birch acquired customers from Liberty-Bell Telecom in June 2014, a subsidiary of DishNet. The acquisition expanded Birch’s customer base in the Denver, Colorado area. Later that month, Birch acquired Louisiana-based EveryCall.Birch acquired Cbeyond in July 2014 for $323 million. Following the purchase, Cbeyond was delisted from the NASDAQ stock exchange and Cbeyond’s operations were folded into Birch. The acquisition marked a change in Birch’s service portfolio and expanded Birch’s cloud service offerings. The same month Birch acquired Nebraska-based Selectel.In November 2014 Birch challenged in federal court a DMCA subpoena issued by Rightscorp. Birch refused to hand over personal information on its customers and called the subpoena an “invasive and overly broad” fishing expedition. Birch also alleged that Rightscorp was trying to exploit a lack of knowledge among smaller regional ISPs that DMCA subpoenas are not applicable to peer-to-peer file sharing. In December 2014, Birch opened a sales office in Detroit.In January 2015, Birch announced an expansion of its office in Emporia, Kansas. In February that same year, Birch launched a fiber-based network expansion in Houston, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. In May 2015, a federal judge ruled Birch would not be required to release customer information despite a subpoena issued by Rightscorp in regard to copyright infringement issues. The next month, Birch began expanding Metro-Fiber in Dallas, Houston, Denver, and Los Angeles. In June 2015, Birch acquired the customer assets of OrbitCom, Inc.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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