Inside Lightower's Fibertech Acquisition

How will Lightower's channel program be impacted by its $1.9 acquisition of Fibertech Networks?

Craig Galbraith, Editorial Director

October 1, 2015

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It’s one of the industry’s biggest mergers of the year: Lightower Fiber Networks buying Fibertech Networks for $1.9 billion.

The purchase doubles the size of Lightower’s fiber footprint, giving the company a major presence in the Northeast, mid-Atlantic and parts of the Midwest.

How will the company’s channel program be impacted? That’s just one of the many questions Channel Partners’ Craig Galbraith got answered during a visit to Lightower’s headquarters in Boxborough, Massachusetts.

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Craig Galbraith

Craig Galbraith

Editorial Director, Channel Futures

Craig Galbraith is the editorial director for Channel Futures, joining the team in 2008. Before that, he spent more than 11 years as an anchor, reporter and managing editor in television newsrooms in North Dakota and Washington state. Craig is a proud Husky, having graduated from the University of Washington. He makes his home in the Phoenix area.

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