RCN Corporation - Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

Summary

RCN Corporation (RCN) is a US based company principally engaged in the provision of broadband telecommunications services, video, high-speed data and voice services actively to residential and small and medium business (“SMB”) customers. It delivers these services under the brand names of RCN and RCN Business Services. It provides fiber-based high-capacity data transport services to major commercial customers, through the company’s RCN Metro Optical Networks (“RCN Metro”) business unit. It targets large enterprises and carriers as key sources of revenue. The company conducts its business operations through two reportable segments namely, Residential / Small-Medium Business and RCN Metro. It employs 1,200 commercial buildings to provide connectivity to private networks, telecommunications carrier meet points, and other carriers controlled local exchange central offices. It serves through its own network actively in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states, and the Chicago area. RCN is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, US.

August 26, 2010, RCN Corporation has been acquired by the private investment fund ABRY Partners, LLC.

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