aid: airband-communications
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/airband-communications.png
name: AirBand Communications
description: 'AirBand Communications, Inc. was a fixed-wireless broadband provider for business customers,
  founded in 2000 by Andy Lombard and headquartered in Dallas, Texas. It delivered high-speed data, Voice
  over IP, security and managed services over a last-mile fixed-wireless network, bypassing incumbent
  local phone companies, and operated in metropolitan markets including Baltimore, Dallas, Fort Worth,
  Houston, Philadelphia and Phoenix. The company was venture-backed, raising roughly $119M across sixteen
  rounds from investors including Battery Ventures, M/C Partners and Crescendo Ventures, and grew by acquiring
  the fixed-wireless business of WindChannel Communications (2006) and Sparkplug (2010). Airband was acquired
  by United Network Services (UNSi) on 2013-05-15 and no longer operates independently. As of the 2026-07-19
  enrichment pass its former domains (airband.com, www.airband.com, airbandcommunications.com) do not resolve
  (DNS NXDOMAIN), and no developer portal, API documentation, or machine-readable API artifacts of any kind
  could be found. This company is retained in the network as a historical/defunct record only. Not to be
  confused with Airband Community Internet, an unrelated UK rural broadband operator.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/airband-communications/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- battery-ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: defunct-no-api-surface
x-status: defunct
x-defunct:
  acquired_by: United Network Services (UNSi)
  acquired_date: '2013-05-15'
  checked: '2026-07-19'
  domains_checked:
  - domain: airband.com
    status: NXDOMAIN
  - domain: www.airband.com
    status: NXDOMAIN
  - domain: airbandcommunications.com
    status: NXDOMAIN
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Telecommunications
- Broadband
- Fixed Wireless
- Internet Service Provider
- Voice over IP
- Managed Services
- Defunct
- Acquired
apis: []
common:
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/airband-communications
- type: Crunchbase
  url: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/airband-communications-holdings
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: nochange
  artifacts_added: 0
  pass: local-v1