Windstream Corporation

News and overview for Windstream Corporation

Windstream reports fourth-quarter earnings results
FierceWireless | 10 days 16 hours 51 minutes ago
Windstream reports fourth-quarter earnings results Generated $379 million in net cash from operations Produced $288 million in free cash flow - a 14 percent increase year-over-year - and $823... Read more >>


Windstream Communications Deploys Hatteras Networks Ethernet over Copper and Ethernet over TDM Solution to Deliver Ethernet Services [Press Release]
Business Wire | 18 days 19 hours 21 minutes ago
Hatteras Networks, the global leader in multi-service Ethernet solutions for enterprise access services and next-generation mobile backhaul, announced today that Windstream Corporation (Nasdaq: WIN), the fifth-largest carrier in the United States, has standardized upon and deployed a Hatteras Networks solution for Ethernet service delivery over both copper (EoC) and Time Division Multiplexing (EoTDM) infrastructure. The unified Hatteras Networks solution, the HN6100, delivering up to 40 Gbps ...


Iowa Telecom Announces Settlement of Merger Litigation [Press Release]
Business Wire | 39 days 11 hours 51 minutes ago
Iowa Telecommunications Services, Inc. (NYSE Symbol: IWA) today announced that Iowa Telecom and Windstream Corporation have entered into a tentative settlement of the pending shareholder litigation concerning the Company’s acquisition by Windstream pursuant to the merger agreement signed on November 23, 2009. Following the announcement of the merger on November 24, 2009, several purported shareholders of the Company filed putative class action lawsuits challenging the merger and certain terms...


Windstream Completes Sale of Additional Senior Notes Due 2017 [Press Release]
Business Wire | 79 days 17 hours 9 minutes ago
Windstream Corporation (NASDAQ: WIN) today announced that it has successfully completed its previously announced private offering of $700 million aggregate principal amount of its 7.875% Senior Notes due 2017 (the "Notes Offering"). The notes were issued as additional securities under an existing indenture of Windstream pursuant to which Windstream previously issued $400 million aggregate principal amount of 7.875% Senior Notes due 2017. The notes issued in this offering and the previously is...


Windstream Reports Third-Quarter Earnings Results [Press Release]
Business Wire | 130 days 21 hours 23 minutes ago
Windstream Corporation (NYSE: WIN) today reported third-quarter earnings results highlighted by the lowest absolute access line loss since the company’s formation in 2006.


Windstream to Acquire NuVox [Press Release]
Business Wire | 136 days 19 hours 39 minutes ago
Windstream Corporation (NYSE: WIN) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire NuVox, Inc., a privately held competitive local exchange carrier based in Greenville, S.C., in a transaction valued at approximately $643 million.


Windstream to Acquire Iowa Telecommunications Services, Inc. [Press Release]
Business Wire | 115 days 19 hours 6 minutes ago
Windstream Corporation (NYSE: WIN) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Iowa Telecommunications Services, Inc. (NYSE: IWA), based in Newton, Iowa, in a transaction valued at approximately $1.1 billion.


Windstream Completes Acquisition of D&E Communications [Press Release]
Business Wire | 129 days 16 hours 47 minutes ago
Windstream Corporation (NYSE: WIN) announced today that it has completed its acquisition of D&E Communications, based in Ephrata, Pa., in a transaction valued at approximately $333 million.


Windstream Upsizes and Prices Private Offering of $700 Million of Its 7.875% Senior Notes Due 2017 [Press Release]
Business Wire | 94 days 10 hours 37 minutes ago
Windstream Corporation (NASDAQ: WIN) announced today the pricing of a private placement of $700 million in aggregate principal amount of its 7.875% Senior Notes due Nov. 1, 2017 (the "Notes Offering") at an issue price of 98.5% to yield 8.132%. The aggregate principal amount of the notes was increased from $600 million, which Windstream announced its intention to offer earlier today, to $700 million. The notes are to be issued as additional securities under an existing indenture of Windstream...


Windstream Announces Proposed Private Offering of $600 Million of Senior Notes Due 2017 [Press Release]
Business Wire | 94 days 20 hours 36 minutes ago
Windstream Corporation (NASDAQ: WIN) announced today that it intends to offer in a private placement $600 million in aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes due 2017 (the “Notes Offering”). The notes are to be issued as additional securities under an existing indenture of Windstream pursuant to which Windstream previously issued $400 million aggregate principal amount of 7.875% Senior Notes due 2017. The notes to be issued in this offering and the previously issued notes will be treated as...


Windstream Completes Acquisition of Lexcom, Inc. [Press Release]
Business Wire | 108 days 18 hours 4 minutes ago
Windstream Corporation (NYSE: WIN) announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Lexcom, Inc., based in Lexington, N.C., for approximately $141 million in cash, net of working capital acquired.


Windstream Announces Effectiveness of Amendment and Restatement of Senior Secured Credit Facilities [Press Release]
Business Wire | 151 days 16 hours 33 minutes ago
Windstream Corporation (NYSE: WIN) today announced the effectiveness of the previously announced amendment and restatement of its senior secured credit facilities.


Windstream Offers Enhanced Business Connect Bundles [Press Release]
Business Wire | 56 days 19 hours 13 minutes ago
Windstream Corp. (NASDAQ: WIN) is offering more features and lower costs on new Business Connect bundles with high-speed Internet and unlimited long-distance calling.


Windstream Combats Nation s Leading Crime with Identity Theft Protection [Press Release]
Business Wire | 65 days 13 hours 9 minutes ago
Windstream Corp. (NASDAQ: WIN) is offering a solution to the nation’s No. 1 crime – identity theft. The new product, called Identity Theft Protection, is designed to keep customers informed of attempts to steal their personal information and credit identity to use without their knowledge.


Windstream Launches VoIP/SIP Trunking Solution [Press Release]
Business Wire | 67 days 12 hours 32 minutes ago
Windstream (NASDAQ: WIN) has launched Dynamic Office - SIP, a new business communications solution that combines voice, data and high-speed Internet services over a single connection and offers customers both the cost-savings and advantages of VoIP technology.





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Company Overview


Company: Windstream Corporation
Industry: Local Exchange Carriers
Website: http://www.windstream.com

Instead of relying on the prevailing breeze to deliver services to its customers, Windstream makes use of more tangible connections, such as fiber optics and copper wire. The company provides local and long-distance telephone service, as well as broadband data transmission and Internet access, to about 3 million residential and business customers in 16 states. It also offers satellite television through an agreement with DISH Network. Windstream makes sales directly in part from about 55 retail locations. Voice service and long distance together account for nearly half of sales.


Key Numbers

Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) 2,996.6 (2009)
One-year % Growth in Sales -5.5 (2009)
Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) 334.5 (2009)
One-year % Growth in Net Income -18.9 (2009)
Number of Employees 7,385 (2009)
One-year % Growth in Number of Employees 0.5 (2009)
Fiscal Year-End December