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Category: Rhode Island
Rhode Island Releases BEAD Proposal Guidelines
The Rhode Island Commerce Corporation (RICC) has released scoring criteria and other details for Volumes 1 and 2 of its Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. The RICC says that the NTIA has approved…
Verizon Wins Two of Three CPF Broadband Awards In Rhode Island
Verizon won two of three awards by the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation to bring all-fiber broadband to unserved or underserved locations in the state. The total awarded is $12,943,932. The awards were the first of…
Rhode Island Seeks RFPs for $25 Million Broadband Expansion
Rhode Island’s economic development arm is seeking proposals for the first phase of broadband service improvements, which are part of the Rhode Island Commerce’s ConnectRI program supporting unserved and underserved areas throughout the state. The…
Treasury Rolls Out $112M from Capital Projects Fund to Rhode Island
The U.S. Treasury has approved $112 million in Capital Projects Fund (CPF) money for the state of Rhode Island. That comprises the state’s entire allocation in the CPF program. Most of the funding ($81.7 million)…
Tiny Island Launches Self-Financed Gigabit Fiber Network
New Shoreham, RI, which is on Block Island, is the smallest town in the smallest state of the Union. It now has a wind-powered fiber broadband network that was self-financed and is available to businesses,…
Pew: State Funding Spurs Broadband to Public Housing
As an unprecedented amount of funding has become available for broadband deployments, several states have taken steps to direct funding toward low-income areas and public housing. A new post from the Pew Charitable Trusts Broadband…
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…
Five States Get Almost $30M in BEAD and Digital Equity Planning Funds
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has announced planning grants to Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, North Carolina and Rhode Island in the Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) and the Digital Equity Act programs. The…
