{"id":41718,"date":"2025-08-04T01:46:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T01:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/41718\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T01:46:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T01:46:09","slug":"schurz-unifies-regional-isps-under-new-broadband-group-to-expand-fiber-network-reach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/41718\/","title":{"rendered":"Schurz Unifies Regional ISPs Under New Broadband Group to Expand Fiber Network Reach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tSchurz Communications (Schurz) announced the formation of Schurz Broadband Group (SBG), a new division designed to unify and amplify the strengths of regional fiber-based internet providers under one mission-driven broadband organization.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tSBG will advance innovation, fiber expansion, and digital access while maintaining the local leadership, brand identity, and customer trust that define each of its operating companies.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inarticlemodule\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3FEUMYe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"k2_lazy k2_lazy_small\" data-loaded=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025_campaign_2_728.jpg\" src-small=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=UTF-8,%3csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 728 90\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" alt=\"Comarch\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"k2_lazy k2_lazy_small\" data-loaded=\"false\" src-small=\"\/img\/images\/Comarch\/2024_campaign_2\/2024_campaign_2_150.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=UTF-8,%3csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 300 150\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" alt=\"Comarch\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tSBG supports all of Schurz\u2019s regional broadband companies: Antietam Broadband in Maryland, Burlington Telecom in Vermont, Hiawatha Broadband in Minnesota, Long Lines Broadband in Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota, NKTelco in Ohio, and Orbitel Communications in Arizona. Each provider will continue to operate independently and locally under its own brand name, preserving deep roots in the communities they serve, while gaining access to shared strategic resources and technology leadership through SBG.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tTo support this organization, Schurz has announced the appointment of the SBG senior leadership team to guide the group\u2019s strategy and operational alignment.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tDiego Anderson will serve as SBG\u2019s President, overseeing the division\u2019s vision, strategy, integration, and overall performance. Jim Kronenbusch will be Chief Technology Officer, leading technology, product innovation, OSS\/BSS digital strategy infrastructure development, and network scalability across the group. And Sheryl S. Rosen has been named Chief Marketing Officer, responsible for marketing, brand strategy, retention, product marketing, lead generation, and go-to-market strategy alignment across locations.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tJohn Reardon, President and CEO, Schurz Communications<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tBy 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\u2019re excited to see the meaningful impact this important organization will deliver.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tDiego Anderson, President of Schurz Broadband Group<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tSchurz Broadband Group reflects our belief that broadband connectivity should be both cutting-edge fiber-based innovation and locally driven community-centered economic development. We are excited to be bringing our regional companies together in a new way\u2014while also preserving what makes them special: being local, creating new opportunities to grow, innovate, and deliver an exceptional customer experience.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tJim Kronenbusch, Chief Technology Officer<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tWe have the platform to bring the best of what each company has built into a stronger, smarter, faster network of ideas and infrastructure. Our goal is to deliver unmatched innovative performance and reliability\u2014always with the customer at the center.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tSheryl S. Rosen, Chief Marketing Officer<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tWe are creating something distinct in the broadband space\u2014a group that honors its local brands while aligning around a shared future. We are banded together by our Flight product suite, led by Flight Fiber. SBG is collaboration with purpose and an eye to the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Schurz Communications (Schurz) announced the formation of Schurz Broadband Group (SBG), a new division designed to unify&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41719,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[64,63,36709,24956,237,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-41718","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internet","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-community-focused","11":"tag-fiber-broadband","12":"tag-internet","13":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}