Altice Subcontractor Sues for $1M in Unpaid Invoices for N.Y. Telecom Construction Work

Altice hired Excell Communications in 2021 to perform telecommunication construction services in New York, and Excell subcontracted the work to Igtech, which is still owed $1 million for the project, alleged Igtech’s breach of contract complaint Thursday (docket 2:24-cv-00317) in U.S. District Court for Northern Alabama in Birmingham. Igtech “timely performed” all its obligations under the contract, including connecting cables and wires from pole to pole, running them underground and splicing them in accordance with blueprints that Excell provided, said the complaint. It also performed wiring work on buildings owned by the New York City Housing Authority under Excell’s instructions and blueprints, it said. Igtech submitted a dozen separate invoices to Excell “itemizing the services performed and the amounts due,” said the complaint. Excell has failed to pay those invoices “despite repeated demands,” it said. As the owner of properties that have been improved through Igtech’s services, Altice and the NYCHA also “have been unjustly enriched,” and neither has compensated Igtech for that enrichment, it said.