Windstream (NASDAQ:WIN) announced an expansion of its metro fiber network in the Richmond, VA, area. The expansion is intended to provide the area's business community with fiber and fixed-wireless infrastructure to connect more local data centers and commercial buildings with Windstream's nationwide fiber backbone, and also to support business services such as data, voice, network and cloud services.

Windstream is expanding local metro fiber networks across the country as part of an initiative to support customers in the banking, financial services, legal services, education, healthcare, government, hospitality and retail industries, among others. Additional fiber expansions are planned for markets such as Charlotte, Atlanta, Chicago and Nashville this year.