Archtop closes GTel acquisition to broaden New York fiber footprint

Northeast broadband provider Archtop Fiber has completed its acquisition of GTel, which will allow Archtop to expand its network in more than five townships across New York’s Columbia County. GTel currently has more than 2,500 customers on a 300-mile fiber network. Archtop indicated GTel won three grants from the New NY Broadband Program to expand to over 5,000 individual locations, “almost tripling” its legacy footprint. GTel states Archtop’s acquisition will bring “new tech-focused jobs and business opportunities” to the region and GTel will have more access to capital for network expansion. Archtop is targeting 500,000 XGS-PON passings in New York’s Hudson Valley region over the next several years. The broadband provider currently serves markets in New York and Pennsylvania but has also expressed interest in expanding to Massachusetts.