FairPoint Communications

“This contract will ensure workers are compensated fairly and that customers in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont receive fast, reliable, broadband Internet built and installed with skilled union labor,” said a representative from one of the the four unions involved.

Consolidated Communications Holdings Inc., the Mattoon, Illinois-based company that bought FairPoint Communications last summer in an all-stock transaction valued at $1.3 billion, plans to discard the old name and upgrade service to northern New England customers.

Consolidated Communications Holdings Inc. completed its acquisition of FairPoint Communications Inc. on Monday.

The Maine Public Utilities Commission and FairPoint Communications reached a $175,000 settlement over the company's failure to meet performance benchmarks from 2014 to 2016

The Maine Department of Economic and Community Development is accepting nominations for the 2017 Governor's Award for Business Excellence.

FairPoint Communications Inc. reported today that 50 organizations have applied for its “connected communities” program that will award three Maine nonprofits $16,000 each plus a custom technology package.

The Maine Public Utilities Commission has unanimously approved the $1.5 billion sale of FairPoint Communications Inc. to Consolidated Communications Inc.

Consolidated Communications of Illinois has agreed to spend $52.2 million on networks and facilities in Maine should it get regulators' approval for its $1.5 billion acquisition of FairPoint Communications Inc.

FairPoint Communications unveiled this week a recognition program that will award $50,000 in total to three nonprofit organizations dedicated to connecting and serving Maine residents and communities.

The proposed $1.5 billion merger of FairPoint Communications Inc. and its Illinois-based suitor, Consolidated Communications Holdings Inc.,...