Equity | Case Study
February 23, 2022
Brightspeed: Broadband Across the Land
In 2021, Apollo Private Equity Funds agreed to acquire Lumen Technologies’ ILEC assets and associated operations to create Brightspeed Internet. Learn more about Brightspeed’s strategy to help bridge the digital divide.
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