The U.S. Treasury has awarded Oklahoma $167.7 million in the $10 billion Capital Projects Fund (CPF) program. The funding will serve about 13% of locations in the state that currently lack high speed Internet access. The funding, which was made…
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Meet Oklahoma’s New Broadband Director Mike Sanders
When Mike Sanders started his job as executive director for the Oklahoma Broadband Office about two months ago, the state’s broadband office had four employees. When Telecompetitor talked to Sanders at the end of June, he expected that number to…
Bluepeak Gains Another Oklahoma Fiber Franchise
Bluepeak has reached a franchise agreement with the city of Norman, Okla., to build a high-speed fiber network, the carrier announced today. The nearly $55 million expansion effort, the largest the company has made outside of South Dakota, will bring…
Big RDOF Winner Resound Receives Final Authorization for Gigabit/FWA Plans
Resound Networks has received final authorization from the FCC for winning bids in seven states in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) program. The company was the winning bidder for over $300 million in funding to cover some of the…
12 More States Get Digital Equity, BEAD Planning Grants from NTIA
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has continued the fast pace of announcements of planning grants for the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) and Digital Equity programs. The NTIA, which is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce,…
Dobson Fiber Partners with Oklahoma Gas and Electric on Fiber Build
Dobson Fiber and Oklahoma Gas and Electric (OG&E) have entered into an agreement to build about 350 miles of new fiber and use 600 miles of Dobson’s existing network to upgrade the utility’s communications network. The upgrade will support new…
USDA ReConnect Grants Brings $29M in Fiber Broadband Funding to Oklahoma
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has made two more grants under the portion of the ReConnect Pilot Program funded by the CARES Act. Pioneer Telephone Cooperative has been approved for a $24.2 million grant to deploy an FTTP network connecting…
$7.4 M in CAF II Authorizations Made for Oklahoma, Oregon
The FCC has authorized total funding of more than $7.4 million to service providers Redwire and Viasat Carrier Services to deploy broadband in rural areas of Oklahoma and Oregon, respectively. It is the thirteenth wave of authorizations from the Connect…
USDA ReConnect New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Kansas Awards Total $73M
USDA ReConnect awards made today in Kansas, Oklahoma and New Hampshire total $73 million in the program aimed at creating or enhancing broadband capabilities in rural areas. In New Hampshire, the program is providing a $2 million loan to Granite…
CAF II Funding Ready to Authorize in Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Other States
The FCC is ready to authorize Connect America Fund CAF II funding for five more companies for rural broadband deployments in six states, including Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Missouri, Colorado, Nebraska and Arizona. The commission says it is ready to authorize CAF…
USDA ReConnect Awards Made in Oklahoma, New York and Maine
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ReConnect Program announced awards totaling almost $33.6 million in Oklahoma, New York and Maine. The USDA ReConnect awards will be a mix of grants and loans. In southeastern Oklahoma, Pine Telephone will receive a $5.6 million…
