Skybeam Acquisition Corp.

Skybeam Acquisition Corporation is a Colorado corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of JAB Wireless, Inc., the parent of the rural broadband provider doing business as Rise Broadband. Its FCC filings list an address at 61 Inverness Drive East, Suite 250, Englewood, Colorado, with regulatory correspondence directed to risebroadband.com. It is not a separately reporting public company; no standalone ticker, revenue, or headcount for the entity is disclosed. JAB Wireless/Rise Broadband was founded in 2005–2006 and was acquired by private investment firm GI Partners (through GI DI Iris Acquisition Inc.) in a deal announced in late 2022 and completed in early 2023. FCC records show JAB Wireless's operating subsidiaries, including Skybeam Acquisition, Skybeam LLC, and AirCanopy, serve customers under the Rise Broadband name across roughly 16 states.

Operations. Skybeam Acquisition is a licensed telecommunications entity rather than an operating brand. FCC Universal Licensing System records show it holding common-carrier fixed point-to-point microwave licenses and antenna-structure registrations, and Nebraska Public Service Commission documents identify it as a fixed-wireless broadband provider serving rural census blocks and receiving federal USF support. The corporate family's services are fixed wireless and fiber-to-the-home broadband and digital voice, marketed as Rise Broadband; the parent is described in press coverage as covering roughly 5–6% of the U.S. population.

Litigation posture. The single tracked case places the company strictly on the defense side (0 plaintiff, 1 defendant): CommWorks Solutions, LLC v. Skybeam Acquisition Corp. et al., No. 6:21-cv-00368 (W.D. Tex., filed April 15, 2021, Judge Alan Albright). This is the classic profile of an operating company defending an NPE suit, not an assertion entity. CommWorks Solutions is characterized by Unified Patents as an NPE and subsidiary of IP Investments Group LLC, with reported Intellectual Ventures ties.

Case context. The suit also named JAB Wireless, Inc. and Skybeam, LLC as defendants, all d/b/a Rise Broadband, and asserted five networking patents (roughly 110 claims). RPX records it in the networking sector with three accused products. A joint motion to stay was granted July 27, 2021, and the parties stipulated to dismissal with prejudice in June–July 2021, indicating settlement. CommWorks asserted related portfolios against Comcast, RCN, Mediacom, and Cable One. The venue — W.D. Tex. before Judge Albright — was a favored NPE filing district at the time.