The FCC today issued its sixth list of companies that have been authorized to receive funding won in the Connect America Fund CAF II auction of rural broadband support completed last year. The latest batch of authorizations is valued at…
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CAF II Auction Winner Nextlink Internet Makes Acquisition
Texas-based Nextlink Internet, one of the largest winners in the Connect America Fund CAF II Auction, has acquired the internet service business of Connecting Point (ConPoint), a company based in Norfolk, Nebraska. Connecting Point was established in 1987 and provides…
FCC Authorizes $112 Million in Rural Broadband Funding to CAF II Auction Winners
The FCC today authorized approximately $112 million in rural broadband funding over 10 years to entities that won funding in the Connect America Fund CAF II auction. The auction awarded a total of $1.488 billion to help cover the cost…
FCC Ready to Authorize Funding for CAF II Auction Winners, Impacts 375 Bids Across 12 States
The FCC said yesterday that it is ready to authorize funding for six more Connect America CAF II auction winners. The “ready to authorize” designation indicates that the FCC has reviewed and approved a winner’s application to deploy broadband in…
FCC Ready to Authorize Rural Broadband Support for 15 More CAF II Auction Winners
The FCC said today that it is ready to authorize support for 15 more entities that won rural broadband funding through the Connect America Fund CAF II auction. Collectively, the 15 CAF II winners won 611 bids. Their inclusion on…
FCC Authorizes $111.6 Million in CAF Auction Funding to 10 Entities for Rural Broadband
The FCC said today that it has authorized $111.6 million in funding won through the Connect America Fund (CAF) auction to 10 entities to help cover the cost of bringing broadband to 37,148 rural locations where broadband is not currently…
FCC Ready to Authorize $140M in Rural Broadband Funding for CAF II Auction Winners, Verizon Among Them
The FCC issued a public notice yesterday stating that it is “ready to authorize” $140 million in rural broadband funding for a portion of the entities that had winning bids in the Connect America Fund CAF II auction. The commission…
FCC Adopts Legacy Universal Service Fund Phase-Out Plan for CAF II Auction Areas
As expected, the FCC today adopted a Universal Service Fund phase-out plan for areas of price cap territories in which the incumbent carrier declined Connect America Fund broadband funding offered in 2015. Funding for the majority of those areas was…
FCC Gets Set to Adopt Legacy USF Phase-Out Plan for CAF II Auction Areas
The FCC will vote this month on proposed procedures for phasing out traditional Universal Service Fund (USF) support for areas served by price cap carriers in which the carrier did not accept funding through the Connect America Fund (CAF) to…
Windstream CEO Slams CAF-II Auction, Announces Windstream Broadband Expansion
Windstream announced its 3Q18 results today and the company remains bullish on broadband. CEO Tony Thomas had some choice words for the recently concluded CAF-II auction, though, and it’s safe to say he’s not a big fan. He also discussed…
Nextlink CEO Shares Plans for $281 Million Won in CAF II Auction, Includes Fixed and Mobile Benefits
The biggest winner in the recent Connect America Fund (CAF) II auction, awarded a total of $281.3 million, is Texas- based Nextlink – a fixed broadband wireless provider that has no connection to the 1990s-era company of the same name….
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