Phase one of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) rural broadband auction has ended. According to the FCC, the results will be released in “the coming days.” The RDOF Phase One auction was expected to award up to $16 billion…

Phase one of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) rural broadband auction has ended. According to the FCC, the results will be released in “the coming days.” The RDOF Phase One auction was expected to award up to $16 billion…
The Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) Phase 1 auction appears to be winding down. In recent days, the duration of auction rounds dropped from six to four hours and then again to two and a half hours, suggesting that bidding…
The historic Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction will get underway tomorrow. It’s a reverse auction that will award up to $16 billion to cover some of the costs of bringing broadband to unserved areas – a topic Telecompetitor covers…
Nearly 400 entities (386) have made the final RDOF auction bidder list, qualifying them to bid in Phase 1 of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction, which will award up to $16 billion to cover some of the costs…
The FCC released the final list of census blocks eligible for the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase 1 auction, which will award up to $16 billion to cover some of the costs of deploying broadband to areas that have no…
Close to 500 network operators could be bidding in the upcoming Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction, which will award up to $16 billion in funding for rural broadband. Among the bidders: large and small telcos, cable companies, rural electric…
The Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction could have as many as 505 bidders, according to the FCC. The commission said today that it received complete applications from 121 entities and incomplete applications from 384 entities. Those who submitted incomplete…
Charter plans to participate in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, or RDOF auction, according to an 8-K filing made this morning. Depending how successful the company is in the auction, the build-out could involve multiple millions of locations and an…
Satellite broadband providers using low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites may not be shut out of bidding to provide low-latency service in the RDOF auction after all. The FCC today adopted rules for the RDOF, or Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, auction, and…
In an interesting twist, Frontier has said that it would like the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, or RDOF, auction to include geographic areas whose eligibility the company previously challenged. The first phase of the RDOF auction, scheduled to begin in…
The FCC has released a preliminary list of areas eligible for the RDOF auction, or Rural Digital Opportunity Fund auction, Phase 1. The auction will award funding to cover some of the costs of bringing broadband to rural areas where…