{"id":5767,"date":"2022-04-07T08:55:08","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T13:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/uniti-to-serve-as-official-business-fiber-sponsor-for-the-world-games-2022-in-birmingham-alabama\/5767\/"},"modified":"2022-04-08T03:55:08","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T08:55:08","slug":"uniti-to-serve-as-official-business-fiber-sponsor-for-the-world-games-2022-in-birmingham-alabama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/uniti-to-serve-as-official-business-fiber-sponsor-for-the-world-games-2022-in-birmingham-alabama\/5767\/","title":{"rendered":"Uniti to Serve as Official Business Fiber Sponsor for The World Games 2022 in Birmingham, Alabama"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As part of this major sponsorship, Uniti will provide the fiber backbone that will allow The World Games to communicate and transfer data \u2013 including streaming video \u2013 from the majority of their venues. Additionally, Uniti will support the Flying Disc competition, with games taking place July 12-16, 2022 at John Carroll Catholic High School.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt Uniti, we\u2019re heavily invested in not only our industry but in our communities as well,\u201d said Joe McCourt, Senior Vice President of Enterprise Operations. \u201cTo bring an event of this scale to Birmingham requires tremendous effort and infrastructure. We\u2019re proud that our pure fiber network is part of that solution, and are also thrilled to support this unique competition, the athletes competing and the families who have supported them to reach this level of play.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are honored that Uniti is going to play such an important role in this extraordinary event that will bring 500,000 visitors to Birmingham, Alabama this July,\u201d said The World Games 2022 CEO Nick Sellers. \u201cThis partnership with Uniti will provide a legacy investment of additional high speed fiber for Birmingham.\u201d<\/p>\n

Uniti\u2019s mission is to provide the critical communication infrastructure needed to seamlessly connect the world. Its network and service portfolio unites families, businesses, and communities across the country. With a fiber network delivering future-ready solutions designed to meet the unique needs of each customer \u2013 including enterprise businesses, network providers, wireless carriers, content providers and more \u2013 Uniti\u2019s proven industry expertise and dedicated teams create the foundation required to drive success and growth.<\/p>\n

ABOUT THE WORLD GAMES 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

The World Games 2022 Birmingham is the new generation of global sport competition, welcoming elite athletes from all over the world to compete for gold in 34 unique, multi-disciplinary sports. Featuring 3,600 athletes from more than 100 countries, the international event will unite global fans with the Birmingham community in 25+ venues around the greater metropolitan area. The World Games 2022 Birmingham, which marks the 40th anniversary of the event, will take place from July 7-17, 2022 and will generate an estimated $256 million in economic impact. The World Games was established by the International World Games Association, an organization recognized by the International Olympic Committee. The World Games 2022 is organized with the support of the International Olympic Committee.For more information visitTWG2022.com<\/a>or find us on Facebook,<\/a>Instagram<\/a>, orTwitter.<\/a><\/p>\n

ABOUT UNITI<\/strong><\/p>\n

Uniti, an internally managed real estate investment trust, is engaged in the acquisition and construction of mission critical communications infrastructure, and is a leading provider of fiber and other wireless solutions for the communications industry. As of December 31, 2021, Uniti owns approximately 128,000 fiber route miles, 7.6 million fiber strand miles, and other communications real estate throughout the United States. Additional information about Uniti can be found on its website at www.uniti.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

INVESTOR AND MEDIA CONTACTS:<\/p>\n

Paul Bullington, 251-662-1512
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
paul.bullington@uniti.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Bill DiTullio, 501-850-0872
Vice President, Finance and Investor Relations
bill.ditullio@uniti.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Uniti Group Inc. (\u201cUniti\u201d) (Nasdaq: UNIT) is proud to announce that is has been selected to serve as the Official Business Fiber Sponsor for The World Games 2022, an 11-day international multi-sport competition organized with the support of the International Olympic Committee.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5767"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5767"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5773,"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5767\/revisions\/5773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}