Windstream Closes $227.5 Million Broadview Buy

Windstream completed a $227.5 million cash acquisition of Broadview Networks, a cloud-based unified communications (UC) services vendor, Windstream said in a Friday news release. The FCC last month cleared the deal, which was announced in April (see 1706150019 and 1704130002). Broadview’s UC product complements Windstream’s SD-WAN, said Windstream CEO Tony Thomas. The acquirer named Broadview Chief Operating Officer Brian Crotty president of the phone company’s mid-market and small-business division.