{"id":44101,"date":"2019-01-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-06T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techma.bakertilly.es\/venta-de-empresas-de-servicios-de-internet\/"},"modified":"2025-03-12T11:46:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T10:46:54","slug":"venta-de-empresas-de-servicios-de-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techma.bakertilly.es\/en\/venta-de-empresas-de-servicios-de-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"Sale of Internet service companies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We analyse from the point of view of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">corporate finance<\/span>\u00a0some of the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/techma.bakertilly.es\/en\/venta-de-empresas-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">company sales<\/a><\/span> of internet services confirmed in the last year 2018. We talk about a generalised sector, where a customer can obtain mailing services, FTP, Telnet or telephony services, among others. In this post we talk about the Spanish operator Excom, which ended the year with a triple acquisition, and other sales operations worldwide.<\/p>\n<h2>Spanish broadband operator Excom<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With more than 11 years of experience in the sector, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.excom.es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Excom<\/a> defines itself as a <strong>broadband operator<\/strong> which has its <strong>own telecommunications network<\/strong> based on 4G LTE, WIMAX and SATELLITE technology.  The company's mission is to offer a quality Internet, fixed and mobile telephony service in <strong>rural and non-urban areas, sparsely populated or poorly served by large operators<\/strong>and all of this without the need for telephone wiring.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Continuing with its growth plan, Excom confirmed on 19 December three <a href=\"https:\/\/techma.bakertilly.es\/en\/acquiere-a-company-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">company purchases<\/a> related to its activity. The first of these was the operator <a href=\"http:\/\/telewifi.es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Telewifi<\/a>The operation consisted of the purchase of the company, based in Benamej\u00ed (C\u00f3rdoba), for 60,000 euros. The operation consisted of the <strong>acquisition of the 50%<\/strong> of the operator of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lcrcom.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Least Cost Routing Telecom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The second company sold to Excom was Megavista for a total of <strong>1.25 million<\/strong>.  The selling party was composed of Lormar Hotels, Gar-Sistemas de Gesti\u00f3n, and some private individuals. Megavista, based in Elche, is an operator of rural Internet, broadband and IP telephony services, among others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Finally, and at the same time, Excom also acquired the operator Wificom. This operator offers its <strong>services in Alicante<\/strong>with low rates for home internet and rural internet. In this last sale the operation has been unknown.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Luis Abenza, CEO of Excom, said the following about this triple deal: \"With these operations we consolidate our presence in the Valencian Community and Andalusia, where we are working to deploy new FTTH and FWB networks, in order to offer our customers the best possible service. <strong>high-speed internet services at competitive prices<\/strong> to more and more customers.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other operations in the sector worldwide<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">On 9 November, it was publicly announced that the US Finisar Corporation, a technology company for <strong>fibre optic subsystems and network performance test systems<\/strong>in order to merge with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ii-vi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">II-VI Incorporated<\/a>. The transaction is estimated to be financed by cash and shares of the company with an equity value of approx. <strong>3.2 billion<\/strong>. The transaction is expected to close in mid-2019, subject to the approval of each company's shareholders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zayo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zayo<\/a>the international provider of fibre, light and IP services, entered into an agreement on 31 June to acquire Neutral Path Communications and Near North Partners for <strong>31.5 million<\/strong>. This operation became the latest in a series of <a href=\"https:\/\/techma.bakertilly.es\/en\/merger-and-acquisition-m-a\/\" target=\"_blank\">mergers and acquisitions<\/a> The service provider made of the regional fibre operators. Neutral Path, on the other hand, is a <strong>long-distance infrastructure provider<\/strong> which operates a <strong>fibre network<\/strong> in the Midwestern United States.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">On 16 October the company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.j2global.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">J2 Global<\/a> (Los Angeles, California), he completed five <a href=\"https:\/\/techma.bakertilly.es\/en\/merger-and-acquisition-m-a\/\" target=\"_blank\">mergers and acquisitions<\/a> in the third quarter of 2018. One of them was the <strong>purchase of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.communicatorcorp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Communicator Corp<\/a><\/strong>J2 Global, a digital communications company that specialises in providing mobile and email communications. J2 Global thus increased the company's global customer base and provided access to new markets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Web.com is a global provider of a full range of Internet services and online marketing solutions for SMEs. On 21 June, it announced a definitive agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of <a href=\"https:\/\/siris.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Siris Capital Group<\/a>in a transaction that was valued at approximately <strong>2 trillion dollars<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the corporate finance perspective, we analyse some of the sales of internet services companies confirmed in 2018. We talk about a generalised sector, where a client can obtain mailing services, FTP, Telnet or telephony services, among others. 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