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COMPTELPLUS | Tuesday, April 14, 2015 Beka Publishing, 14
DAY 2
T echnologies Management Inc. (TMI) will
be the host for a free, half-day workshop
tomorrow to wrap up COMPTEL PLUS
this spring.
Entitled “Practical Magic – Realizing Ancillary
Benefits from Mergers and Acquisitions,” the work-
shop will look at the downstream impacts of such
transactions, which should help to identify the
hurdles that make it difficult to realize all the bene-
fits and providing useful recommendations on how
to move the merger process forward.
“The telecommunications industry has been
through several cycles of mergers and acquisitions.
In the ‘80s the long-distance competitors raced for
subscriber line growth,” said Connie Wightman, presi-
dent of TMI. “In the ‘90s competitive local companies
merged to expand their facilities footprint. During the
economic downturn of the early 21st century, there
seemed to be fewer telecom mergers and many of
those were opportunistic.
“In recent years we have seen an upturn in activity,
resulting in a number of interesting mergers that
cross industry subsectors,” she said. “The current
environment, like all the preceding decades, presents
challenges for all categories of merger transactions,
from the acquisition of customer base to a complete
merger of two strong companies.”
Wightman said that in TMI’s experience with a
variety of provider types, “we have found there are
critical potential advantages that are often delayed or
never realized after the transaction has taken place.”
The half-day workshop will bring key industry
experts together to help attendees identify potential
strategies for companies considering a merger or for
those that have completed the transaction.
“From vertical integration, to regulatory obli-
gations in a merger, to costs associated with not
integrating resources, I am confident that attendees
of this workshop will have practical examples and
thought provoking strategic insight into often over-
looked details that make a truly successful merger,”
Wightman said.
Three panels are scheduled during the workshop:
• Defining the Transaction – A company embarks
on an acquisition process with specific goals in
mind. But how do those goals shape the nature
of the transaction? This panel of telecom M&A
experts from Access Point Inc., Bank Street
Group, Eldora Partners, FTI Consulting and Time
Warner Cable will explore how to qualify identi-
fied targets that meet the stated objectives and
structure the transaction effectively. In addition,
panelists will discuss how a company can posi-
tion their organization to become a desirable
qualified acquisition target.
• The Regulatory Transaction – How do the
transaction and integration plans impact
regulatory strategy and due diligence (and
vice versa)? Panelists from Consolidated
Communications, EarthLink, tw telecom/Level
3 Communications and TMI will address how
to develop a sound regulatory strategy that
supports the goals of the transaction. These
experts also will discuss how the transac-
tion drives the state and federal regulatory
approval process and determines regulatory
obligations.
• Post-Transaction Synergy – Assuming the
transaction meets the corporate “big picture”
strategy, how can the parties to a merger
or acquisition realize the full potential of
life, post-transaction? Experts from Global
Capacity, Impact Telecom, TMI and TXW Solu-
tions will discuss the benefits of integrating
networks, billing and operating systems,
rates and tariffs, and the challenges of doing
so. This group also will explore the costs of
not integrating and why it is so important to
complete the tasks.
The “Practical Magic – Realizing Ancillary Benefits
from Mergers and Acquisitions” workshop will begin
at 8:30 a.m. in the Orange Blossom Ballroom. A full
agenda and confirmed speakers can be found in the
COMPTEL PLUS agenda. ❏
The workshop is free. For more information, visit TMI
at booth 615.
Technologies Management to Present Free
Workshop on Maximizing M&A Benefits
Mammoth Networks has completed
installation of its 100th Gigabit
circuit this month, a milestone in the
company’s evolution to larger tele-
communications circuits.
The 100th Gigabit circuit was installed as a
1Gbps wavelength circuit in Arizona City, Ariz., for
one of the company’s wholesale clients.
“We’ve been watching the circuit count approach
the 100 mark for the last couple of months,” said
Brian Worthen, CEO of Mammoth. “This is vali-
dation that we have come of age in the telecom
world.”
Worthen explained the figure includes 1Gbps
Waves, 10Gbps waves, a 100Gbps wave ring and a
myriad of 1Gbps and 10Gbps Ethernet-based tele-
communications circuits. Wave circuits are provi-
sioned as dedicated wavelength colors transported
on fiber between two points.
Mammoth, The privately-held company based in
Gillette, Wyo., completed a 100Gbps fiber project
in its home state of Wyoming, announced by Gov.
Matt Mead at the Wyoming Broadband Summit
last October. The company has more than 20
10Gbps wave circuits deployed and passing traffic,
and multiple 1Gbps rings between data centers in
Denver and Seattle.
An example of this is Mammoth’s 1Gbps ring
between the Westin Building in Seattle and Fiber-
Cloud’s data center in Bellingham, Wash., a data
center purchased earlier this month by Wyoming-
based company, Green House Data.
“Wavelengths are the simplest of circuits,”
Worthen explained. “This simplicity has been the
greatest selling point for us when we draw a circuit
layout for our clients.”
He continued to define the equipment points
for switched Ethernet services and how wavelength
services are more reliable as a result.
Mammoth’s agnostic approach to fiber has
proven to be beneficial to the company. It
buys local fiber from the telco, cable company
or other parties, including regional fiber
providers. The company recently signed agree-
ments in three municipalities to build local
access to Mammoth equipment points within
the community. It also has more than 40 schools
and multiple cable and cellular providers on
its network, a demonstration of the company’s
capabilities in rural telecom markets.
Mammoth acts as a one-stop shop for provi-
sioning, billing and supporting its customers. The
company prides itself for support of legacy services
alongside newer Ethernet services.
As a facilities-based aggregator of wholesale data
services, Mammoth provides service throughout the
contiguous 48 states on more than 40 network-to-
network interfaces with regional fiber carriers.
Mammoth simplifies wide area networking by
consolidating multiple access technologies and
carriers onto a single network, and then delivering to
its partners over a single interface. ❏
For more information, visit www.mammothnet-
.
Mammoth Installs
100th Gigabit Circuit