Schurz Communications Unifies Regional Broadband Providers With Its Schurz Broadband Group
Schurz Communications, Inc. recently announced the launch of “Schurz Broadband Group” (SBG). This new division of the company was formed to centralize and expand the strengths of regional fiber internet providers under a single, focused broadband organization. The organization plans to expand fiber reach, foster innovation, and advance digital access. Regional providers will still have local leadership and will maintain each of their brands’ identities.
John Reardon, president and CEO of Schurz Communications, stated, “By launching SBG, we are maximizing our support for our broadband properties. The SBG leadership team excels in creating strategic opportunities for our broadband businesses. We’re excited to see the meaningful impact this important organization will deliver.”
Schurz Broadband Group supports Schurz’s regional broadband companies, including Burlington Telecom in Vermont, Hiawatha Broadband in Minnesota, Long Lines Broadband in several states, and more providers. Each provider will operate independently and locally, as they have been, under their respective brand names while also now having access to shared resources and technology leadership through SBG.
“Schurz Broadband Group reflects our belief that broadband connectivity should be both cutting-edge fiber-based innovation and locally driven community-centered economic development,” said Diego Anderson, President of Schurz Broadband Group. “We are excited to be bringing our regional companies together in a new way—while also preserving what makes them special: being local, creating new opportunities to grow, innovate, and deliver an exceptional customer experience.”
Schurz Communications also announced the appointment of a senior leadership team for its new division to “guide the group’s strategy and operational alignment”.
Diego Anderson has been appointed as Schurz Broadband Group’s President, which includes overseeing the division’s vision, integration, strategy, and more. The group’s CTO will be Jim Kronenbusch, who will lead, among many things, product innovation and network scalability throughout SBG. The group’s leadership also includes Sheryl S. Rosen as Chief Marketing Officer, who will take on marketing, brand strategy, retention, and more for the providers within SBG.
“We have the platform to bring the best of what each company has built into a stronger, smarter, faster network of ideas and infrastructure,” said Kronenbusch. “Our goal is to deliver unmatched innovative performance and reliability—always with the customer at the center.”
“We are creating something distinct in the broadband space—a group that honors its local brands while aligning around a shared future,” said Rosen. “We are banded together by our Flight product suite, led by Flight Fiber. SBG is collaboration with purpose and an eye to the future.”