Activist investor Maglan Capital renewed calls for FairPoint Communications to put itself up for sale after the company’s CEO suggested he would rather be a buyer than a seller. New York-based ...

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The holders of most of FairPoint Communications Inc.’s $550 million in bond debt are accusing the company of bad-faith bargaining and double-dealing in negotiations. They want a court-appointed ...

The company has run more than 1,000 miles of optical fiber and installed 300 “remote terminals or nodes” in its latest effort to boost the number of Vermonters who can get DSL (digital ...

FairPoint Communications promised to drive economic development in Maine if it succeeded in its $2.7 billion bid to acquire Verizon’s landline operation. As the North Carolina-based company ...

Over 1,000 workers for FairPoint Communications are on standby for a possible strike. Employees are not impressed by the company's final offer for contract negotiations .

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - A $475 million initial public offering from rural telecom provider FairPoint Communications leads a batch of mid-sized initial public offering on deck this week.

Consolidated Communications Inc. announced Monday an agreement to buy FairPoint Communications Inc. in an all-stock deal valued at $1.5 billion, including debt. Under terms of the deal, FairPoint ...

HAMPTON — The head of FairPoint Communications has apologized publicly for problems affecting customer e-mail accounts in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.

An agreement reached by Maine's Public Advocate Office and FairPoint Communications LLC sets the stage for a legislative remedy addressing an unresolved issue stemming from the Maine Legislature's ...

FairPoint Communications said it's eliminating about 260 jobs in the 17 states where it operates, including the closing of a call center in South Burlington, Vermont.

"Enough is enough." That was Gov. Peter Shumlin's message in a December 12 letter to FairPoint Communications CEO Paul Sunu. The governor urged the telecommunications company — which provides ...