Great Plains Communications Acquires USA Communications

Grain Management Completes Combination of Ritter Communications and Great Plains Communications to Form Rightfiber

June 16, 2026

Telecommunications

Grain Management completed the previously announced strategic combination of Ritter Communications and Great Plains Communications to create Rightfiber, a privately held fiber broadband platform spanning 20 states. The merged company will continue investing in fiber expansion and enter a $1.6 billion credit facility led by Fifth Third Bank to fund organic growth and potential M&A.

Great Plains Communications (now Rightfiber) Acquires Fastwyre Broadband’s Nebraska Business

May 19, 2026

Telecommunications

Great Plains Communications, now operating as Rightfiber, announced an agreement to acquire American Broadband Holding Company’s Fastwyre Broadband business in Nebraska, serving more than two dozen communities. Rightfiber announced completion of the acquisition on October 1, 2026; the transaction expands its Nebraska fiber footprint and adds more than two dozen Fastwyre employees to its operations.

Great Plains Communications Acquires Wood River Network from Fiber Nebraska

January 7, 2022

Telecommunications

Great Plains Communications (GPC), a Midwestern fiber operator backed by Grain Management, completed the acquisition of the 10.6-mile Wood River Network from Fiber Nebraska, LLC. The purchase extends GPC's fiber footprint into Wood River, Nebraska, enabling fiber-to-the-home and business services for roughly 500 homes and 60 businesses; financial terms were not disclosed.

Grain Management Acquires Young's Communications (Y-COM)

August 19, 2021

Infrastructure

Grain Management, LLC has acquired Young's Communications, LLC (Y-COM), a Melbourne, Florida-based provider of telecommunications, utility, and power infrastructure construction and maintenance services. The transaction (announced August 2021) transfers ownership from Cotton Creek Capital to Grain, positioning Y-COM to scale its infrastructure services capabilities across Florida and the southeastern United States under Grain's broadband-focused platform.

Great Plains Communications Acquires Enhanced Telecommunications Corporation (ETC)

June 25, 2020

Telecommunications

Great Plains Communications, backed by investor Grain Management, has completed the acquisition of Enhanced Telecommunications Corporation (ETC), a family-owned Southeastern Indiana telecommunications provider. The deal expands Great Plains' fiber footprint and broadband services into Indiana, adding ETC's ~14,000 customers and a local workforce of over 90 employees.

Great Plains Communications Acquires InterCarrier Networks

May 15, 2019

Telecommunications

Great Plains Communications, a Grain Management portfolio company, has acquired InterCarrier Networks, a regional fiber-optic carrier headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. The deal adds roughly 2,037 route miles of fiber across Illinois, Indiana, the St. Louis metro and Kentucky to Great Plains’ network; financial terms were not disclosed and the transaction closed in August 2019.