Broadwing Corporation
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ACS Names Chief Operating Officer [Press Release]
Business Wire | 18 days 5 hours 24 minutes ago
Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. (“ACS”) (NASDAQ:ALSK), Alaska's leading integrated communications provider, today announced the appointment of Anand Vadapalli as Chief Operating Officer for Alaska Communications Systems, a new position reporting to ACS President & CEO Liane Pelletier.
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Company Overview
| Company: | Broadwing Corporation |
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| Industry: | Fixed-line Voice Services Providers |
| Website: | http://broadwing.com/bwngcorp |
Broadwing Corporation has a way of keeping switchboards lit up. The company (formerly Corvis Corporation) provides voice and data communications services and broadband transport over the all-optical network operated by its Broadwing Communications subsidiary. The network spans 137 US cities and primarily serves enterprise customers and other telecom carriers. The company also makes the Corvis-branded optical network switching and routing equipment that forms the backbone of its networks; these transmission systems include amplifiers, gateways, multiplexers, and switches. Founder, chairman, and former CEO David Huber previously owned 13% of Broadwing. In 2007 the company was acquired by Level 3 Communications.
Key Numbers
| Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 879.1 (2005) |
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| One-year % Growth in Sales | 30.8 (2005) |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | -133.4 (2005) |
| One-year % Growth in Net Income | 0.0 (2005) |
| Number of Employees | 1,636 (2005) |
| One-year % Growth in Number of Employees | -1.5 (2005) |
| Fiscal Year-End | December |