Lightower Fiber Networks to Merge With Sidera Networks

BOXBOROUGH, MA and NEW YORK, NY — (Marketwire) — 12/27/12 — , the premier metro fiber and bandwidth provider in the Northeast, and , the leading provider of tailored, high-capacity communications services to large enterprise, carrier and data center customers, announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for a transaction valued at over $2 billion led by Berkshire Partners, a Boston-based investment firm, and management, to acquire and merge both companies. M/C Partners and Pamlico