Ziply Fiber announced it will acquire iFIBER Communications, a provider of high-speed fiber internet services, from public utility districts (PUDs) in western, central and eastern Washington. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
iFiber offers fiber internet and digital phone solutions for residential customers “in partnership with” Chelan, Douglas, Franklin, Grant, Kitsap, Mason and Pend Oreille counties in the state. Upon completion of the acquisition, Ziply Fiber will provide fiber internet service through an indefinite right of use (IRU) with each partner PUD.
Customers will benefit from expanded service hours, access to new products such as hosted voice, whole home Wi-Fi and upgraded network management capabilities. iFIBER’s customers will continue to receive internet and voice services provided by the iFIBER team.
Ziply plans to invest hundreds of millions of dollars to build an advanced, 100 percent fiber network to many suburban and rural communities across the region. The company also plans to build and deploy new fiber-optic cables, local hubs, offices and hardware to run the network as part of hundreds of projects across its 250,000-square-mile footprint.
