Grain-backed Ritter Communications, Great Plains Communications combine under new Rightfiber brand

  • Grain Management plans to combine portfolio companies Ritter Communications, Great Plains Communications under a new brand, Rightfiber.
  • Rightfiber targets one of the largest privately held US fiber broadband platforms, spanning 20 states.
  • Heath Simpson to lead as CEO; Todd Foje to serve as executive chairman.
  • Combined network to reach 400+ communities, connect 300,000 locations, operate 28,000 miles of regional fiber.
  • Transaction remains subject to customary approvals, including regulatory review.


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