VTD/Josh Larkin FairPoint Communications is on track with a $66 million effort to expand “robust” next-generation broadband throughout the state on its phone lines.

Illinois-based Consolidated Communications plans to purchase FairPoint Communications for $1.5 billion in a proposed merger that has been approved by the boards of directors at each company.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 .

"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 ...

The company that bought FairPoint Communications is discarding the old name and making plans to upgrade the service of tens of thousands of customers in northern New England. Consolidated ...

Illinois-based Consolidated Communications to buy FairPoint Communications in stock transaction worth $1.5 billion.

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