Ohio Deal: NKTelco Acquires Hometown Cable

In a deal involving Ohio service providers, NKTelco has acquired Hometown Cable. The deal includes more than 6,000 addresses in and around the communities of Coldwater, St. Henry and Montezuma, as well as fixed wireless access assets serving Mercer, Auglaize, Miami and Darke counties. Former Hometown Cable customers will be supported by NKTelco’s fiber ring, which offers status monitoring and continuity services. They also will have access to the Flight Data packages and multi-gigabit broadband, NKTelco says. All customers will get access to NKT.tv, a streaming service that will provide local scholastic sports on an on-demand basis. Details about the acquisition such as price paid were not revealed.