Watch Communications Acquires Q Wireless
February 25, 2020
Watch Communications, a subsidiary of Benton Ridge Telephone, has acquired Q Wireless, a western Kentucky-based fixed wireless internet provider, expanding Watch’s footprint into western Kentucky and southeastern Indiana and adding roughly 2,000 residential subscribers. Phil Lambert, owner of Q Wireless, will join Watch Communications as Southern Region general manager; the deal also extends Watch’s Microsoft Airband partnership into Kentucky.
- Buyers
- Watch Communications
- Targets
- Q Wireless
- Sellers
- Phil Lambert
- Industry
- Telecommunications
- Location
- Kentucky, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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