# NuVox

> NuVox was a Greenville, South Carolina business telecommunications provider combining voice, internet access, private networking, hosting, security, and managed IT services. Built through the Gabriel/TriVergent, NewSouth, and FDN combinations, it served approximately 90,000 business customers across 16 Southeastern and Midwestern states when Windstream acquired it in February 2010.

- **Founded:** 1998
- **Headquarters:** Greenville, United States
- **Founders:** Robert A. Brooks (Led the founding management team of Gabriel Communications, the 1998 predecessor of NuVox), Charles S. Houser (Led the founding team of TriVergent in 1997; vice chairman following its combination with NuVox)
- **Products:** Business voice and VoIP, Internet and private networking, Hosted IP PBX, Cloud computing and storage, NuVox Business Apps
- **Notable:** Reached approximately 90,000 business customers across 16 states by the 2009 acquisition announcement., Merged with NewSouth in May 2004 and Florida Digital Network in May 2007., Generated US$564.755 million of audited revenue in 2009.

## Products & services

- **Business voice and VoIP** — Local and long-distance calling, IP voice, voicemail, and related business communications.
- **Internet and private networking** — Business internet access, Ethernet, VPNs, and privately managed IP networking; many services used an MPLS backbone.
- **Hosted IP PBX** — Hosted business telephone system offering released in the third quarter of 2009, according to the company LinkedIn description.
- **Cloud computing and storage** — Cloud and storage services introduced in early 2009, according to the company LinkedIn description.
- **NuVox Business Apps** — A 2009 brand covering hosted email, unified messaging, remote backup, web hosting, email encryption, and antivirus services, as described in trademark filings.
- **Managed security, hosting, and backup** — Internet security, web and email hosting, and secure electronic data storage and backup.

## Achievements

- Reached approximately 90,000 business customers across 16 states by the 2009 acquisition announcement.
- Merged with NewSouth in May 2004 and Florida Digital Network in May 2007.
- Generated US$564.755 million of audited revenue in 2009.
- Completed a sale to Windstream on February 8, 2010 at an announced closing value of approximately US$647 million.

## Latest updates

- **2010-02** — Windstream completed the acquisition on February 8; this is the principal endpoint of NuVox as an independent company.
- **2010-02** — NuVox announced that dealer-channel vice president Dan Sterling was a finalist for Channel Executive of the Year.
- **2009-11** — Windstream announced its agreement to acquire NuVox.

## Links

- Website: http://www.nuvox.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nuvox

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