The U.S. Treasury Department yesterday approved $119.9 million in Capital Projects Fund (CPF) money to the state of Montana and $68.3 million in CPF money to the state of North Dakota. The $119.9 million that Montana is receiving represents the…
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State Funded Broadband Projects Get Underway in Montana
Blackfoot Communications, a provider serving rural areas of Montana and Idaho, is getting set to begin work on seven fiber deployment projects for which the company was awarded $60 million through Montana’s ConnectMT program. Blackfoot will contribute an additional $16…
Eight More States Get BEAD, Digital Equity Planning Grants
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has announced another set of planning grants for its Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) and Digital Equity programs. BEAD is a $42.45 billion program and Digital Equity is a $2.75 billion program….
Vision Net Acquires iConnect Montana for Rural Edge Datacenters
Telecommunications service provider Vision Net has acquired iConnect Montana, a provider of network connectivity and data center services in the state. Bringing data center functionality closer to the edge — and thereby reducing latency — was an important element of…
TDS to Bring Fiber to Helena, Montana
TDS Telecommunications has signed a franchise agreement to build a symmetrical 2 Gbps all- fiber network in Helena, Montana. The network, the service provider’s second in the state, is expected to reach almost 20,000 homes and businesses. In addition to…
Yellowstone Fiber Montana Open Access Project Underway
Construction has begun on the open access FTTH network that Yellowstone Fiber announced six months ago. The company, which was called Bozeman Fiber when the project started, is laying conduit and preparing to install fiber. The three-year plan is to…
TDS One Ups CenturyLink, Charter with Planned 2 Gbps Fiber Service in Montana
TDS Telecommunications has been granted a municipal franchise by Billings, MT to build a 500-mile 2 Gbps FTTH network that will be available to more than 40,000 homes and businesses. Construction will begin next month on the network, which will…
USDA Makes Nevada, Montana, South Carolina ReConnect Awards
USDA ReConnect awards made this week so far total $14.7 million for broadband deployments in South Carolina, Montana and Nevada. All the awards were in the form of grants. In Montana, the Southern Montana Telephone Company got a $3.3 million…
