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One Communications is a Burlington, Massachusetts-based CLEC providing Telecommunications services to commercial entities. Company was formally established on July 3, 2006 as the result of a merger between CTC Communications and Choice One Communications along with their acquisition of Conversent Communications.〔Mass High Tech (2006)〕 On December 20, 2010 Earthlink announced that it will acquire One Communications for $370 million, which includes payment of approximately $285 million of One Comm net debt.〔Earthlink (2010)〕 According to their press release the acquisition will provide EarthLink with: * a strong IP network footprint in the Northeast, Midwest, and Mid Atlantic regions; * overlapping connection cities with EarthLink Business (formerly Deltacom & New Edge Networks) long-haul routes in major markets including Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York City; * geographical expansion and scale for managed IP services product strategy supported by a talented One Comm employee base; and * a solid foundation for potential future acquisitions of revenue bases in the region. On April 1, 2011, Earthlink announced that it had completed the acquisition of One Communications. Following the close of the transaction, EarthLink will integrate One Comm into its "EarthLink Business" division.〔Earthlink (2011)〕 ==CTC Communications== CTC Communications company was founded in 1981. CTC became the first reseller of Bell Atlantic services after the Bell System divestiture. CTC then took Bell Atlantic to task and court claiming Bell Atlantic had formed a monopoly, the FCC sided on CTC's case clearing the way for the CLEC industry. In December 2001, CTC pioneered a new technology by placing its first VoIP phone call over a public switching system using their own proprietary technology. In August 2002, CTC was delisted from Nasdaq and on October 3, 2002 CTC filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy.〔Boston Business Journal (2002)〕 On December 17, 2003, CTC emerged from Chapter 11 and was acquired by Columbia Ventures Corporation.〔All Business (2003)〕 On May 24, 2005, CTC completed its acquisition of Lightship Telecom.〔Columbia Ventures Corporation (2005)〕 In October 2005, CTC completed its acquisition of Connecticut Broadband.〔Network World (2006)〕 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「One Communications」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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