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Category: Tennessee
Tennessee Offers BEAD Update: 298 Applications for More Than $704M
The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD) offered an update this week on the first round of their Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program applications. In total, providers requested $704,316,251.14 in funds.…
Tennessee Announces $101.6M in Broadband Funding
The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD) and Governor Bill Lee announced $101.6 million in new broadband funding. The funding is part of the second round of broadband and digital opportunity grants the state…
Tennessee Provider United Communications Taps Electric Company Ties to Expand Broadband
Broadband provider United Communications and majority owner Middle Tennessee Electric (MTE) are partnering to expand the scope of a major fiber buildout that they undertook last year. They are expanding a fiber build in Williamson…
Brightspeed, Charter, 13 Others Will Share $97.2M in Tennessee Broadband Grants
The state of Tennessee awarded $97.2 million for middle mile and last mile broadband deployments today. Awardees include Charter and Brightspeed, along with 13 other entities, including local telecom providers, electric companies and others. Charter…
A Big Week for Open Access Networks
This week was a big one for open access networks. Several such network operators made the news this week. One of the operators even made two announcements. FiberFirst, a Texas-based service provider, will use the…
Google Fiber Approved for Network in Another Tennessee Market
More than the weather is hot in Murfreesboro, Tennessee as a second fiber provider has made significant broadband news there in a week. Yesterday, FTTH provider Google Fiber said that it was approved for a…
United Communications Latest Expansion: $85M in Tennessee Community
Regional provider United Communications says it will invest $85 million to reach 77,000 members of the Middle Tennessee Electric (MTE) electric cooperative in Murfreesboro, TN. United Communications is the broadband unit of MTE. The multi-year project…
Tennessee Broadband Director Talks BEAD and Why the State Targeted 3 Counties for CPF Dollars
The Tennessee Economic and Community Development Office (TNECD) will begin accepting applications for $60 million in Capital Projects Fund (CPF) dollars for rural broadband deployments next month. But not every county will be eligible for…
Tennessee Gets Set to Dish Out $185M for Rural Broadband Deployments
The state of Tennessee will begin accepting applications in September for $185 million in grant funding for broadband deployments in unserved and underserved areas. This includes $60 million in funding for a last mile program…
Google Fiber to Add Another Tennessee Market
Google Fiber’s next market will be Franklin, Tennessee – the seventh largest city in the state and one that is seeing double-digit growth, according to a press release from the city. “Google Fiber’s reputation speaks…
The State with the Best Gigabit Broadband Availability is . . .
North Dakota ranks as best connected state gigabit broadband availability, according to a new report from Smarthomestarter.com. North Dakota broadband providers offer gigabit service to 60.58% of residential locations in the state — the highest…
$77M Tennessee Broadband Network Gets $53.5M in State Funding
A group of Tennessee broadband providers has launched projects that received $53.5 million in state broadband funding. The group, known as Project UNITE, is spearheaded by local provider United Communications. The projects will make high-speed…