One Connect IP, a leading regional Voice over Internet Protocol
(VoIP) service provider, today announced its acquisition of ZiaNet, the
largest privately held Internet Service Provider (ISP) in the state of
New Mexico. One Connect IP currently serves business and residential
customers throughout the Mountain West Region and with this acquisition,
the company will immediately be able to deliver its hosted VoIP services
to an additional 30,000 business and residential customers throughout
New Mexico. For more than a year prior to the acquisition, One Connect
IP had been leveraging ZiaNet's extensive network to serve its VoIP
customers in New Mexico. "This acquisition is strategically
important to One Connect in a number of ways. It not only provides us
with an opportunity to rollout our VoIP services more quickly, it also
strengthens our ability to control and manage the quality of voice
service delivered over this network," said Robert Pratt, CEO of One
Connect.
One Connect IP plans to make its VoIP services available to all of
ZiaNet's existing customers as a co-branded One Connect/ZiaNet
offering. "We will give ZiaNet customers more choices for less
cost, access to next generation VoIP services and, for most, their first
real alternative to traditional phone service," said Aquiles
Trujillo, executive vice president of One Connect IP.
One Connect IP currently offers a comprehensive suite of business
VoIP solutions starting at $39.99/mo./line and residential service for
$24.99/mo. along with many types of high speed Internet options to
accommodate varying customer needs.
Mesa Capital Partners, a private equity firm headquartered in Santa
Fe, New Mexico, led the investment round for One Connect IP with
additional funding provided by Silicon Valley Bank.
About One Connect IP
One Connect IP, headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is the
leading regional Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service provider
serving the New Mexico, Idaho and Utah markets. The company provides
hosted VoIP and ISP services to small-midsize businesses (SMB) and
residential customers in traditionally underserved markets throughout
the Mountain West region. To insure the highest quality of voice
service, One Connect IP offers its hosted VoIP services over a private
managed network.
For more information visit http://www.oneconnectip.com or call
877/345-5251 or 505/385-2175.
About Mesa Capital Partners
Mesa Capital Partners is an early-stage private equity firm
investing in high-potential small businesses in industries and
geographic areas underserved by other capital providers. Established in
2004, Mesa Capital Partners has offices in Santa Fe, New Mexico and
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The Mesa Investment Team has decades of
first-hand experience with the challenges facing fast growing small
businesses and works in partnership with entrepreneurs to realize the
potential of their companies.
For more information visit http://www.mesacapitalpartners.us.
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