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OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zhone Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZHNE), a global leader in network access solutions for fiber, copper and wireless broadband infrastructures, today announced that broadband stimulus award winner Shawnee Telephone Company has selected its multi-service access node (MSANs) for support of the Southern Illinois Sustainable Broadband Transformation project. By using Zhone’s MSAN platform, Shawnee can utilize a combination of broadband technologies including ...

Government entities provide over $15 billion in farm and agriculture subsidies every year. Among other goals, these controversial payments are designed to help stabilize food prices and keep American crops competitive in the global economy. Some call these subsidies a ‘sacred cow’ because they are very politically charged and are ...

It’s been a long time coming, but the broadband stimulus program’s first project is actually underway. SDN Communications, a Sioux Falls, SD based regional fiber network, broke ground yesterday on their $25 million middle mile project which will build a 359 route-mile fiber network across the state ...

The four broadband stimulus awards made for satellite-based projects this week represent the sum total of satellite project funding that will be included in the stimulus program, a spokesman for the Rural Utilities Service told Telecompetitor today. Earlier this year the RUS created a separate request for proposal within ...

MANKATO, Minn., Aug 18, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- HickoryTech Corporation (Nasdaq: HTCO), through its Enventis subsidiary, today was awarded $16.8 million in federal stimulus grants to extend its middle mile fiber-optic network across greater Minnesota connecting health care facilities, schools, libraries, higher education ...

The biggest winner among the 94 broadband stimulus awards totaling $1.8 billion announced today was the University of Arkansas, which was awarded $102 million for a project to connect community anchor institutions throughout the state. Other winners included Iowa Telecommunications, which won $17 million for two projects, and ...

According to previous guidance from the broadband stimulus program, we should see some significant announcements this week for round two awards. Both programs, BTOP and BIP, announced back on August 4th that approximately 120 projects ...

There’s been a threat of a reduction in the total dollars available through the broadband stimulus program for over a month now. That threat has become reality, with President Obama signing into law a $26 billion fiscal ...

Network operators that challenged competitors’ broadband stimulus applications sometimes supplied incorrect information about broadband coverage, according to information released this week from the Government Accountability Office. Although competitors challenged many applications, a GAO review of 32 applications turned up ...

Sensing the end is near, the White House revealed a roadmap for the remaining broadband stimulus funding (detailed below). The information was provided by Secretary’s of Agriculture and Commerce, Vilsack and Locke respectively, on the White ...