Spirit Communications/ major wireless carrier expand coverage in the Carolinas
August 12, 2016
COLUMBIA, SC – Spirit Communications, the Southeast’s premiere provider of digital fiber optic networks in the Carolinas, has earned the coverage expansion contract from one of the nation’s largest wireless carriers.
After being awarded the major dark fiber contract for the South Carolina sites in 2015, this additional victory attests to the progressive partnership developed. With construction to the North Carolina sites projected to be completed by 3rd quarter of 2018, Spirit will build fiber to over 215 towers to expand the wireless carrier’s coverage in Charlotte, Winston Salem, Greensboro, Durham, and Raleigh, North Carolina.
“This contract is a major win for both organizations as it meets the strategic objectives of both companies. Spirit will deepen its presence in North Carolina and allow the carrier to accelerate their dark fiber plans in the urban areas of North Carolina. We are extremely honored by the trust bestowed upon us, and are excited about the opportunities this additional infrastructure will provide the rest of our customer base,” detailed Martie Willaby, Vice President of Carrier and Government Sales for Spirit Communications.
For over 30 years, Spirit Communications has served the needs of the most prominent wireless and wireline carriers with data transport services, long haul high bandwidth, IP Transport, tower site construction, management and rental services. As the largest digital fiber optic network provider, and the only ‘carrier’s carrier,’ with extensive rural and metro access in the Carolinas and Georgia, Spirit can serve areas unreachable by any other carrier’s network.
“This continuing partnership allows Spirit Communications the ability to serve new and existing customers in many different business segments while enhancing economic growth throughout North Carolina and our Southeast markets,“ said Bob Keane, President and CEO of Spirit Communications. “The additional fiber network in the major cities of North Carolina will allow for last mile services for enterprise, government and carrier customers. In these 5 major metropolitan North Carolina cities, Spirit will add in excess of 650 miles of high count, metro fiber to their existing footprint of over 8,500 miles,” continued Keane.
Headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina, Spirit uses traditional and advanced technologies to connect people around the corner, throughout the Carolinas, and beyond, enabling customers to transform their operations through fast, stable and secure offerings that flex with business demand. With the most advanced technologies, Spirit provides voice, data, Internet and fiber optic solutions along with a full suite of Cloud services to Enterprise, Carrier and Government customers across the Southeast. As a leading provider, Spirit serves thousands of customers in over 150 service locations with over 8,500 miles of Fiber throughout South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia. For more information, visit www.spiritcom.com.
