Defendant
4 cases as defendant.
Consolidated Communication Enterprise Services, Inc. (styled "Consolidated Communications Enterprise Services, Inc." in most regulatory filings; commonly shortened to Consolidated Communications) is a subsidiary of Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. It is a Delaware entity incorporated in 2002 as the successor to Consolidated Communications Network Services, Inc., with principal offices at 2116 South 17th Street, Mattoon, Illinois — the same headquarters as its parent. The entity converted from a corporation to a Delaware LLC in January 2025 and was renamed Fidium Enterprise Services, LLC in September 2025.
The parent, founded in 1894 as the Mattoon Telephone Company, was a NASDAQ-listed company (ticker CNSL) with roughly 3,200–4,200 employees and about $1.1 billion in annual revenue. Searchlight Capital Partners and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation acquired the remaining ~65.7% stake for $4.70 per share, an enterprise value of about $3.1 billion; the deal closed in Q4 2024 (FCC approval December 9, 2024) and CNSL is now private. FCC filings list the holding company as Searchlight III CVL, LLC.
The entity operates as a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) and interexchange carrier (IXC), providing local exchange, exchange-access and long-distance services and enterprise/wholesale communications in numerous states, marketed under the Consolidated Communications and Fidium brands. It sold its Kansas City CLEC assets to Everfast Fiber Networks for about $82 million in November 2022.
Litigation posture: a pure operating-company defendant. The database shows 0 plaintiff cases and 2 defendant entries — both the same suit, CommWorks Solutions, LLC v. Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. et al., No. 2:20-cv-00159 (E.D. Tex., Judge Rodney Gilstrap), filed May 27, 2020. CommWorks is characterized by Unified Patents as an NPE and subsidiary of IP Investments Group LLC asserting acquired networking/broadband patents (nine patents-in-suit, per RPX). The case was consolidated into lead case 2:20-cv-00158 and dismissed on February 9, 2021.
Pleaded as Count II: Infringement of U.S. Patent No. 6,891,807; accused WPS devices (Titan 3000, EX2210-T0, Axon EL4000). Notice letter dated 2020-04-17. Listed in Stanford NPE DB.
CommWorks Solutions, LLC sued Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. and Consolidated Communication Enterprise Services, Inc. in E.D. Tex. The case was consolidated into lead case 2:20-cv-00158, and an order dismissing the case was entered on Feb 9, 2021.
CommWorks Solutions, LLC asserted U.S. Patent 6,832,249 against Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. and Consolidated Communication Enterprise Services, Inc. in E.D. Tex. The case was consolidated into lead case 2:20-cv-00158 and dismissed on Feb 9, 2021; it is listed in the Stanford NPE database for patent 6832249.
CommWorks Solutions, LLC filed suit in E.D. Tex. against Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. and Consolidated Communication Enterprise Services, Inc., asserting RE44904. The asserted-patent list included RE44904; outcome was not confirmed in the narrative.