[1st-mile-nm] Baja Broadband purchases two markets from Comcast in New Mexico

[Richard Lowenberg]

From back in June:

http://www.tdstelecom.com/MediaRoom/Article.aspx?id=c998181e-f98b-4b96-ac9f-70d4ba8c7701  

June 03, 2014

Broadband provider to expand services, upgrade network in Lovington and Socorro

TDS Baja Broadband LLC (Baja Broadband) announces the purchase of two cable markets in Lovington and Socorro, New Mexico from Comcast Cable for approx. $1.9 million. The deal was completed on June 2, 2014 following required regulatory and local franchise authority approvals.

The properties are near several existing Baja markets in the state which will increase Baja’s geographic concentration in New Mexico. All five Comcast employees supporting the Lovington and Socorro communities will retain their jobs and transfer to Baja Broadband.

“We plan to perform a complete system rebuild to provide nationally competitive TV, phone and high speed Internet services for customers in both Lovington and Socorro,” explains Mark Barber, vice president of Cable Operations for TDS Telecom and Baja Broadband. “We expect our new products to be head and shoulders above the local phone company and existing cable offerings.”

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TDS Baja Broadband LLC, headquartered in Alamogordo, N.M., employs 260 people and passes more than 210,000 homes. Baja Broadband is a full service telecommunications company offering residential and commercial video, high-speed Internet, phone and data services in communities  throughout Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Texas and Utah. Visit bajabroadband.com.

Baja Broadband is a TDS® Company. TDS Telecom, headquartered in Madison, Wis., operates OneNeck® IT Solutions LLC and TDS Baja Broadband LLC. Combined, the company employs 3,100 people. Visit tdstelecom.com.

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. [NYSE: TDS], a Fortune 500® company, provides wireless; cable and wireline broadband, TV and voice; and hosted and managed services to approximately 5.8 million customers nationwide through its subsidiaries TDS Telecom and U.S. Cellular®. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Chicago, Telephone and Data Systems employs 10,600 people. Visit teldta.com.


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Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director
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505-603-5200                 rl at 1st-mile.org
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