US telecom giant AT&T has agreed to purchase Lumen Technologies' consumer fibre business for $5.75bn in an all-cash deal. The transaction includes approximately one million fibre subscribers across more than four million fibre locations,

AT&T Inc. agreed to buy the consumer fiber operations of Lumen Technologies Inc. for $5.75 billion, expanding its fast broadband service in major cities like Denver and Las Vegas. AT&T will pay cash for the unit of Lumen,

AT&T announced on Wednesday it was acquiring virtually all of Lumen’s mass markets fiber business, in a $5.75 billion all-cash transaction that will help the telecom giant extend its reach to 60 million locations.