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Wave Broadband

Wave Broadband
Headquarters Kirkland, Washington, U.S
Area served Washington, Oregon, and California
Key people Steve Weed, CEO
Services Residential, business, and enterprise class Internet, VoIP, and Cable Television
Parent WaveDivision Holdings, LLC
Website http://www.wavebroadband.com/
Wave Broadband is a provider of residential, business, and enterprise class cable TV, broadband internet, and telephone services on the West Coast, currently serving over 415,000 customers within communities in western Washington state, Oregon, Sacramento, California, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Wave provides services via their own fiber-optic network and has approximately 1000 employees. Wave sponsors a number of public events.

The company was founded by its current CEO, Steve Weed, in 2003, by purchasing cable systems owned by Northland Communications, Cedar Communications, and Charter Communications in Washington and Oregon.[1] It was expanded by acquiring other, some distressed, cable, telecommunications, and broadband companies. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Wave is a subsidiary of WaveDivision Holdings, LLC (founded in 2001), which is headquartered in Kirkland, Washington and is owned by Oak Hill Capital Partners.[6] Astound Broadband is a sister company of Wave Broadband.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Charter Cable selling Port Orchard system for reported $91 million"
  2. ^ "Wave Acquires CPI, Extending Wave’s Broadband Fiber Network"
  3. ^ "Wave Broadband and WOW! Internet, Cable, and Phone to Acquire Broadstripe"
  4. ^ "Wave Acquires Spectrum Networks and CondoInternet"
  5. ^ "Black Rock Cable to Merge with Wave Broadband
  6. ^ "Oak Hill Capital Partners to Acquire WaveDivision Holdings in Partnership with GI Partners and Wave Management"
  7. ^ Astound's Website

External Links

  • Official Website
  • Company Information
  • Wave Business Solutions
Cable, satellite, and other specialty television providers in the United States
Cable
Satellite
IPTV / OTT
Fiber
Defunct cable TV
Defunct satellite
Defunct IPTV
Defunct terrestrial
See also
Additional resources on North American television
North America
Canada
Mexico
United States


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