FIERCE NETWORK – Given that UScellular is the latest in a long stream of carriers that have put themselves up for sale — and Bluegrass Cellular, West Central Wireless and Pioneer Cellular have all recently exited the wireless business — the fact that C Spire is still standing amid the consolidation is a remarkable feat.
When asked how the company has done it, President and CEO Suzy Hays told Fierce in an exclusive interview that the answer, of course, lies in diversification. And guess what? It’s what everybody’s talking about these days: fiber to the home, fiber to the business, fiber everywhere.
“If you think about it, our fiber network powers our wireless, our residential and business services. There’s a lot of synergies there,” she told Fierce in an interview from C Spire’s headquarters in Ridgeland, Mississippi.
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