Zayo to Expand Fiber-to-the-Tower Footprint in San Antonio and Austin

BOULDER, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–

Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. (ZAYO) today announced the expansion of its fiber-to-the-tower (FTT) footprint in San Antonio and Austin to serve an anchor wireless service provider. Zayo will extend its existing network in San Antonio and Austin by more than 700 miles to provide FTT service to more than 300 towers.

Both metropolitan markets have experienced significant recent growth across the technology, military, manufacturing, healthcare and IT service sectors. Zayo’s fiber network expansion will significantly enhance its ability to deliver high-capacity connectivity to businesses, hospitals, universities and governmental entities in the area.

“We continue to see strength in our Mobile Infrastructure solutions and plan to leverage our growing footprint to increase the yield and return on our investment over time,” said Jacob Fuller, vice president of Zayo’s Mobile Infrastructure business. “Ongoing interest from wireless service providers and a wide range of additional customers demonstrates Zayo’s strength to leverage the fiber we are building to drive additional revenue.”

With this expansion, Zayo’s FTT network will include over 8,500 macro towers nationwide (including those under construction) and continues to play a critical role in addressing wireless service providers’ needs for high-capacity communications infrastructure for macro towers and small cell nodes.

For more information on Zayo, please visit zayo.com.

About Zayo Group

Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. (ZAYO) provides communications infrastructure services, including fiber and bandwidth connectivity, colocation and cloud services to the world’s leading businesses. Customers include wireless and wireline carriers, media and content companies and finance, healthcare and other large enterprises. Zayo’s 110,000-mile network in North America and Europe includes extensive metro connectivity to thousands of buildings and data centers. In addition to high-capacity dark fiber, wavelength, Ethernet and other connectivity solutions, Zayo offers colocation and cloud services in its carrier-neutral data centers. Zayo provides clients with flexible, customized solutions and self-service through Tranzact, an innovative online platform for managing and purchasing bandwidth and services. For more information, visit zayo.com.

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