IBBS Buying SinglePipe

IBBS provides advanced back-office systems, technical support services and data and voice applications to cable operators. SinglePipe offers voice over IP-enabled communications through an owned and operated facilities-based network to cable companies throughout the country.

The two firms have been offering a combined voice

The two firms have been offering a combined voice and data product for the past two years, including to cable operator Northland Communications. In the IBBS release, Northland CEO John Whetzell said: "Today, we rely on IBBS for data provisioning, network operations, and customer care. We also contract SinglePipe to support Northland phone services in the Southeast and parts of the West. The consolidation of these companies provides a combined source for data and voice and gives us confidence that we are even better positioned to provide an excellent telephone and Internet service to our customers."