News 1 - Fiber Network Alliance

Hargray to Acquire ComSouth

Transaction Announcement March 2018

Announced: February 27, 2018
Buyers: Hargray Communications (“Hargray”)
Target: ComSouth Corporation (“ComSouth”)
Price: Not Disclosed
Assets: ComSouth, a Georgia corporation, provides broadband, voice, and video services through its subsidiaries and affiliates in the cities of Hawkinsville, Perry, Fort Valley, Cochran, Unadilla, Pinehurst, Marshallville, Kathleen, Bonaire, and the counties of Peach and Macon in Georgia. ComSouth serves 3,339 ILEC access lines in those areas and is owned by Mansfield Jennings and the Jennings family.
Valuation: Not Disclosed
Expected Closing: Second Quarter of 2018
Comments: Hargray, based in Hilton Head, South Carolina, provides communications services in South Carolina and Georgia, including an incumbent LEC’s serving over 38,000 residential and business customers. In addition, Hargray has developed competitive operations through a number of acquisitions including Plantation Cablevision, Charter Communications (Beaufort SC System), and iTech. Hargray has also invested heavily in fiber and now has a network the includes over 4,000 route miles of fiber and serves hundreds for FTTT sites in both states. In 2017, Hargray was acquired by an investment group led by the Tom Pritzker Family Business Interests. The Pritzker Family is invested across a wide range of industries, and notable interests include Hyatt Hotels, Triton Container, and the Marmon Group.

Founded by President, Janine Moses, as a Telecommunications Consulting Service Company in 1998, JKM Consulting, Inc. has evolved into a trusted leader in the broadband and Internet Access Provider industry. In 2005, JKM began doing business as M2 Connections and continues to focus on deploying broadband into the rural areas of Alabama. They currently operate a fiber-optic network of over 240 miles in the rural, economically distressed east-central Alabama region that includes Calhoun, Cleburne, Talladega, Clay, and Randolph Counties.

M2 Connections’ product differentiation strategy is customer focused through a high-quality network, outstanding customer service and customization on delivery of support services. This strategy is being executed by a management team with over 50 years in the industry. They are a pioneer in who early fiber deployments for education and telemedicine infrastructure in the state.

M2 Connections network is monitored 24×7 every day of the year. Our Network Operations Center (NOC) services and network cores are built upon a warm-failover, fully redundant network architecture, which is hosted in carrier-class hardened facilities. Electronic access control, CCTV, multiple ISPs, UPS and onsite backup generators provide for secure and uninterrupted operations 24×7.

M2 Connections provide the following products and services:

INTERNET ACCESS: A fiber-based internet access from 10Mbps to 10Gbps.
DARK FIBER: M2 Connections is the only provider in East Alabama to offer dark fiber for enterprise or carrier utilization.
SITE TO SITE COMMUNICATIONS: Point to Point connectivity for your remote locations.
INTERNAL NETWORK SERVICES: Consulting services to offer you the best solutions for your network needs.

M2 Connections offers a TOTAL NETWORK SOLUTION for your communication infrastructure.

Sync Global

Headquartered in Bremen, Georgia, SyncGlobal Telecom serves many of the region’s most important organizations as a facility-based provider of local and long distance voice service, hosted IP PBX service, high-speed Internet access, data transport services, private fiber connectivity, and data center services.

Our customized solutions and emphasis on customer responsiveness have made SyncGlobal the region’s preferred business-class communications provider.

Our Network

Sync Global Network Map

Mission Statement

We make telecommunications easy for our customers by deploying sophisticated technology, by providing always-accessible technical expertise, and through our relationships first approach to customer care.

Value Statements

We honor relationships first.
We communicate honestly and in a timely fashion.
We follow through on commitments.

Leadership

Kyle Williamson is the owner and founder of DoveTel Communications, LLC. DBA SyncGlobal Telecom, and serves as the company’s CEO. In 2000 Kyle began marshaling support from municipal organizations and the local business community to improve West Georgia’s communications infrastructure. This local support, coupled with his experience in the telecommunications industry, culminated in the establishment of SyncGlobal (DoveTel Communications, LLC.) as a registered CLEC in 2003. He has an excellent staff to support him in developing strategy and executing their plans.

SyncGlobal Telecom’s Corporate Office:

DoveTel Center
1090 Pacific Avenue, Suite A
Bremen, Georgia 30110
 770-537-1410