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Article: Integra offers to buy Eschelon
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- March 21, 2007
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PORTLAND, Ore. -- Integra Telecom says it will pay $566 million
for Eschelon Telecom of Minnesota, creating a Western
telecommunications company with projected revenues of $700 million
and also one of Oregon's largest privately held companies.
Both companies provide phone and Internet services to business
customers in Western states, including Utah.
The companies said Tuesday the purchase gives Eschelon Telecom
Inc. customers access to Integra Telecom Inc.'s regional fiber-
optic network and eliminates duplication in markets that both
companies serve.
Once the transaction is complete, Integra said, the company will