Lightyear Network Solutions, Inc., a provider of telecommunications services to business and residential clients throughout North America, local and long distance service, wireless services, conferencing, enhanced Internet services and Voice over Internet Protocol, today announced its financial results for the first quarter 2011 ended March 31, 2011. Results for the first quarter of 2011 include Lightyear's acquisition of SouthEast Telephone, which was completed on October 1, 2010.
Stephen M. Lochmueller, CEO of Lightyear said, "Our results for the quarter were favorably impacted by our acquisition of SouthEast Telephone, which has already had a significant impact on our financial results on revenue and gross profit. It provided us with additional network infrastructure in other words enabling us to lower costs on our existing business. We have already implemented a number of steps that will provide us the ability to lower our operating costs. We expect to continue to see improvements in our operating efficiencies as we realize the full benefits of our integration with SouthEast Telephone."
"During the first quarter has historically been our weakest quarter, we produced several positive results. Since becoming a public company, this was our first year- over- year quarterly revenue growth in the core company, demonstrating that our sales and product approaches are correctly tuned for the market. This improved revenue base provides us a good foundation for the remainder of the year. Our first quarter was affected by several charges totaling roughly $477 thousand that were taken in the first quarter, and which we do not expect to recur," he continued.
Through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Lightyear Network Solutions provides telecommunication services to large, medium and small businesses and to residential consumers throughout North America. Lightyear's product offerings include local PRI and digital T1, enhanced Internet services, MPLS, Ethernet, Voice over Internet Protocol, local and long distance service, and conferencing. Lightyear as well offers wireless services to clients in the U.S. through wholesale contracts with multiple wireless providers. Lightyear built its own VoIP network in 2004 to enhance its product offerings and has partnered with some of the most prominent names in telecom including: Sprint, Verizon, AT&T, Level 3, PAETEC, CenturyLink, XO Communications, Intelliverse, BroadSoft, Cisco and ADTRAN. Lightyear Network Solutions is headquartered in Louisville, Ky. Additional information can be found at: www.lightyear.net.
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