# Uniti Group Inc.

> Uniti Group is a Little Rock-based fiber infrastructure company that owns roughly 240,000 route miles of network across 47 states. Spun out of Windstream in 2015 as a real estate investment trust that leased fiber, it reversed the deal in August 2025 by merging Windstream back in - turning a landlord into an operator that sells dark fiber and wavelengths to hyperscalers and carriers while pushing Kinetic fiber broadband into homes across 18 states.

- **Founded:** 2015
- **Headquarters:** Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
- **Founders:** Kenny Gunderman (President & CEO (founding leadership))
- **Team size:** ~8,700 employees
- **Products:** Uniti Wholesale - Dark Fiber, Uniti Wholesale - Lit Services, Uniti Solutions (Enterprise), Kinetic Fiber Broadband
- **Notable:** Completed the ~$13.4B merger with Windstream on August 1, 2025, reuniting landlord and tenant into one operator., Built a network of approximately 240,000 fiber route miles across 47 states, extending into Canada., Operates about 11.2 million fiber strand miles.

## Products & services

- **Uniti Wholesale - Dark Fiber** — Leases physical, unlit fiber strands (via IRU or lease, plus strand-purchase options) so carriers, hyperscalers, and enterprises get exclusive, private, high-capacity networks without building or maintaining their own fiber.
- **Uniti Wholesale - Lit Services** — Wavelengths (including 400G waves), Ethernet, and IP transit over Uniti's optical transport network for wireless backhaul, small-cell, and data-center interconnect.
- **Uniti Solutions (Enterprise)** — Managed connectivity for businesses and government: dedicated internet access, managed networking, colocation, and secure communications.
- **Kinetic Fiber Broadband** — Consumer and business fiber-to-the-home broadband across an 18-state footprint, expanding from ~1.9M homes passed toward a target of 3.5M by 2029.

## Achievements

- Completed the ~$13.4B merger with Windstream on August 1, 2025, reuniting landlord and tenant into one operator.
- Built a network of approximately 240,000 fiber route miles across 47 states, extending into Canada.
- Operates about 11.2 million fiber strand miles.
- Posted FY2025 revenue of $2,234.5 million and net income of ~$1.3 billion.
- Kinetic reported record consumer fiber gross adds (~38,000 in a single quarter) and 17% year-over-year fiber subscriber growth.
- Added 1,100 miles to its south-central U.S. network to meet AI-driven capacity demand.

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Reported FY2025 results: $2,234.5M revenue, ~$1.3B net income, record Kinetic fiber net adds.
- **2025-08** — Completed merger with Windstream; common stock listed on Nasdaq under 'UNIT' from August 4, 2025.
- **2025-04** — Stockholders approved the Windstream merger with over 90% of shares present voting in favor.
- **2024-05** — Announced ~$13.4B agreement to merge with Windstream, reuniting the two companies.

## Links

- Website: https://uniti.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/uniti-group-inc
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/unitifiber
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UnitiGroupInc/

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Last updated: 2026-08-13