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BIG Fiber: Geographic Expansion
70% of capital funding multi-market buildout in Greater Atlanta, expanding San Francisco Bay Area and Portland networks, targeting 2027 completion
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The leadership read
Market entry is a leadership problem before it is a logistics one. BIG Fiber moving into new ground in Telecommunications deepens demand for in-region leaders who can localise the model without diluting it. Across Americas, watch whether senior in-market leadership is appointed early; expansions run remotely rarely hold.
Market context: The wider read — a Talent Market Index of 100.2 (Neutral), down 1.1 month-on-month — shows Americas signal flow easing (-1.8pts).
BIG Fiber: 0 signals in the last 90 days — below the Telecommunications median of 1 across 44 tracked companies; 2 tracked across 3 days.
Market entry — the MitchelLake playbook
When a company expands into a new market, the first leadership hires decide whether it lands. A selection of market entries we've run:
All market-entry case studies →MitchelLake in this thematic
Case study
US Sales Lead - first full-time hire in the United States, spearheading US market entry
Traffio
Our work · 2022
Head of eCommerce and Consumer Experience (CX) / GM North America
LittleOak
Americas · Ecommerce · cross-border · ecommerce-growth
Our work · 2019
VP of Sales, Americas
Longtail UX
Americas · MarTech/SEO/SEM · first us hire · cross border
Also at BIG Fiber →
More signals across Telecommunications
Geographic Expansion · Americas
Lightpath →Lightpath is boosting its NYC fiber network across 2,400 cell tower sites
Geographic Expansion · Americas
Telefónica SA →Telefónica reported higher Q1 earnings driven by growth in Brazil and easing competition in Spain, resulting in significant share price jump
Ma Activity · Americas
Cox Communications →Cox Communications completed its $34.5 billion merger with Charter Communications after California Public Utilities Commission approval on Thursday, August 14, 2026. This was the final state-level regulatory approval; the FCC approved the deal in February 2026.
Ma Activity · Americas
Charter Communications →Charter Communications and Cox Communications completed their $34.5 billion merger after California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approval on Thursday, August 14, 2026. This was the final regulatory hurdle after 44 other states and the FCC approved the deal in February. The merger creates the nation's largest Internet and video provider by subscriber base.
Restructuring · Americas
Telus Corp. →Telus slashed dividend by ~55% and plans asset sales including parts of health division under new CEO Victor Dodig to repair balance sheet
Partnership · Americas
Keysight Technologies →Keysight extended its collaboration with Intel Foundry Services, adding RFPro software certification to their partnership scope.
Where this lands in our work
- Cross-Border Expansion →
The peak executive-hiring window opens 12–18 months after an expansion commitment.
- Executive Search — Americas →
Our Americas practice runs the searches behind signals like this one.
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