Zayo Bandwidth has formed a business unit for managed services and has named Dennis Kyle president of the unit. Simultaneously, Zayo has acquired a retail VoIP services company, privately-held VoicePipe Communications.
VoicePipe will become part of the newly-formed business unit, called Zayo Managed Services. VoicePipe was spun out of ICG Communications early in 2006. ICG had established the operation to create a hosted PBX service offering. ICG subsequently was sold to Level 3 Communications. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Zayo Managed Services is offering a variety of services, including hosted PBX from the VoicePipe acquisition, videoconferencing and secure private data network services. The unit will also provide Web hosting and collocation, Internet access, equipment for rental or purchase, and IT services.
Kyle joins Zayo from Level 3, where he had been SVP for small to medium enterprise and indirect channels.
Zayo Bandwidth was recently formed with the intention of buying smaller local networks and combining them into a regional operation. The company recently completed four acquisitions: Onvoy, a 1,400-mile fiber network serving Minnesota; Indiana Fiber Works, a 2,200 fiber-route-mile network serving Indiana; PPL Telcom, a 4,600 fiber-route-mile network based in Allentown, Pa., serving areas in the Northeast; and Memphis Networx, a 200 fiber-route-mile network serving the greater Memphis, Tenn., area.
