AboveNet Inc. (which together with its subsidiaries is sometimes hereinafter referred to as the “Company,” “AboveNet,” “we,” “us,” “our” or “our Company”) provides high-bandwidth connectivity solutions primarily to large corporate enterprise clients and communication carriers including Fortune 1000 and FTSE 500 companies, in the United States (“U.S.”) and the United Kingdom (“U.K.”). Our communications infrastructure and global Internet protocol (“IP”) network are used by a broad range of companies such as commercial banks, brokerage houses, insurance companies, investment banks, media companies, social networking companies, web-centric companies, law firms and medical and health care institutions. Our customers rely on our high speed, private optical network for electronic commerce and other mission-critical services, such as business Internet and cloud applications, regulatory compliance, disaster recovery and business continuity. We provide lit broadband services over our metro networks, long haul network and global IP network utilizing equipment that we own and in some cases, lease and operate. In addition, we also provide dark fiber services to selected customers. Unlike competitive local exchange carriers (“CLECs”), we do not provide voice services, services to residential customers or a wide range of lower-bandwidth services.We also sometimes resell equipment and provide certain other services to customers, which are sold at our cost, plus a margin.We have included a Glossary of Terms beginning on page 14 to explain the many technical terms that are commonly used in our industry to assist you to better understand our business. We recommend that you refer to this Glossary as you review the description of our business.
Company profile
Ticker
ABVT
Exchange
Employees
Incorporated
Location
Fiscal year end
Industry (SIC)
Intelsat • Globalstar • Cogent Communications • KORE • Calix • BuzzFeed • Boingo Wireless • Orbcomm • RigNet • uCloudlink ...
Former names
Metromedia Fiber Network Inc, National Fiber Network Inc
SEC CIK
Corporate docs
IRS number
113168327
Latest filings (excl ownership)
424B3
Prospectus supplement
20 Jul 12
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Notice of effectiveness
20 Jul 12
15-12G
Securities registration termination
13 Jul 12
S-4
Registration of securities issued in business combination transactions
12 Jul 12
25-NSE
Exchange delisting
3 Jul 12
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Notice of effectiveness
3 Jul 12
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Notice of effectiveness
3 Jul 12
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Notice of effectiveness
3 Jul 12
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Notice of effectiveness
3 Jul 12
8-K
Zayo Group Completes Acquisition of Abovenet
2 Jul 12