Windstream expands metro fiber network in Little Rock
March 22 2017 - 10:00AM
Windstream (NASDAQ:WIN), a leading provider of advanced network
communications, today announced a major expansion of its advanced
metro fiber network in Little Rock. Windstream’s expansion will
provide the area’s growing business community with world-class
fiber and fixed-wireless infrastructure that connects even more
local data centers and commercial buildings with Windstream’s
high-speed, highly available nationwide fiber network.
“Windstream is headquartered in Little Rock, and our company’s
connection to the city goes back nearly 75 years,” said Tony
Thomas, chief executive officer for Windstream. “We’re proud to
make this investment in our hometown to help create a new level of
connectivity and network stability for all the businesses here,
especially the Downtown, Midtown, West Little Rock, North Little
Rock, Northshore Business Park, Airport/Port Authority and Conway
areas. It also will allow us to offer our customers an expanded
product suite and higher levels of service.”
Windstream’s expansion of its local metro fiber network and the
addition of fixed wireless service will connect the company’s
national fiber network to major data center complexes and
commercial buildings in the Little Rock area. This expansion will
connect companies directly to other major and mid-size markets
across the country, and it also will enable business customers to
utilize the enterprise-class data, voice, network and cloud
services that Windstream customers in other major markets use as
the foundation of their technology strategy.
Little Rock’s Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport is among
the entities that have benefited directly from Windstream’s
expansion. The airport is Arkansas’s largest commercial service
airport, and it serves nearly 2 million passengers annually.
“Clinton National Airport is a critical resource to our region.
More than 3,000 people work at the airport, which generates $1.2
billion in annual economic benefit,” said Ronald F. Mathieu,
executive director, Clinton National Airport. “We are partnering
with Windstream, using their reliable, fiber-fed internet service,
to offer the best Wi-Fi connection of any airport in the
world.”
The Windstream fiber expansion increases both the footprint of
the company’s network and the services that are available to local
customers – including fixed wireless service, unified
communications, managed services, network security, business
continuity, network solutions and cloud services, all of which are
provided with the support of a truly local team.
Windstream is expanding local metro fiber networks across the
country as part of an initiative that will support customers in the
banking, financial services, legal services, education, healthcare,
government, hospitality and retail industries, among others. In
addition to Little Rock, Windstream is expanding its metro fiber
networks in a number of cities including Charlotte, Nashville,
Richmond, Atlanta, Chicago, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, St. Louis,
Dallas, Detroit and Cleveland.
Windstream offers a full suite of advanced network
communications and technology solutions, including Network &
Data, SD-WAN, Voice & Unified Communications, Network Security,
Managed Services and Cloud Services. For more information, visit
windstreambusiness.com.
About WindstreamWindstream Holdings, Inc.
(NASDAQ:WIN), a FORTUNE 500 company, is a leading provider of
advanced network communications and technology solutions for
consumers, businesses, enterprise organizations and wholesale
customers across the U.S. Windstream offers bundled services,
including broadband, security solutions, voice and digital TV to
consumers. The company also provides data, cloud solutions, unified
communications and managed services to small business and
enterprise clients. The company supplies core transport solutions
on a local and long-haul fiber network spanning approximately
147,000 miles. Additional information is available at
windstream.com. Please visit our newsroom at news.windstream.com or
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Media Contact
Sarah C. Davis, 720.529.7611
sarah.c.davis@windstream.com