The COVID-19 relief legislation adopted late last year includes $3.2 billion for an Emergency Broadband Benefit program to be administered by the FCC. Some details about implementation of the program are as yet unresolved, and a panel presentation webcast organized…
The FCC released further details last week for an upcoming roundtable on the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program, scheduled for Feb. 12. The commission originally announced the roundtable at the end of last month. The $3.2 billion Emergency Broadband Benefit program…
To say that 2020 has not been a year of business as usual would be a supreme understatement, as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted nearly every aspect of nearly everyone’s daily life. Nevertheless, the broadband and telecom industry managed not only…
Watch Communications has acquired West Central Ohio Internet Link (WCOIL), an ISP that focuses on central Ohio. Financial details of the Watch Communications West Central Ohio Internet Link deal were not disclosed. WCOIL, which is based in Lima, OH, has…
Cisco today announced several rural broadband initiatives – initiatives driven, at least in part, by government rural broadband funding options. The networking giant announced a package of products that the company is calling “Cisco Rural Broadband Network Solutions,” along with…
Fixed wireless broadband provider Nextlink Internet said it has purchased Iowa-based Xtreamair, another fixed wireless provider. The Nextlink Xstreamair purchase will expand Nextlink’s footprint into western Iowa, and Nextlink said it will expand the Xstreamair network so that subscribers will…
Cable One officially announced its investment in fixed wireless internet service provider Nextlink today, formalizing news that Cable One CFO Steven Cochran previewed on the company’s second quarter earnings call earlier this month. The Cable One Nextlink deal gives Cable…
Land O’Lakes and Microsoft have created a multiyear strategic alliance aimed at developing agricultural tools to enhance the food supply chain, expand sustainability practices for farmers and the food system and to close the rural broadband gap. Although member-owned cooperative…
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…
Two associations representing potential bidders in the upcoming Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction have asked the FCC to investigate Frontier broadband deployment claims. Earlier this month, Frontier told the FCC it had deployed 25/3 Mbps broadband service to 16,000…
Is the $20 billion budget allocated by the FCC for the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund enough to meet rural broadband deployment goals? All three experts on a webinar presented by the Fiber Broadband Association today not only said yes —…
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