The FCC said today that it is ready to authorize over $1 billion in RDOF funding for rural broadband deployments. About 60 winning bidders are on the ready-to-authorize list, including Windstream, Ziply, Hawaiian Telcom, Talkie and numerous smaller companies and…
ViaSat sent a letter to the FCC last week urging the commission not to approve any Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) funding for ViaSat’s satellite broadband competitor SpaceX. SpaceX is in the process of deploying thousands of low earth orbit…
Eighteen of the smaller winning bidders in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) program have received full approval from the FCC, which means funding won in the RDOF auction can now be released to them. The RDOF auction, which was…
The FCC said today that it is ready to authorize over $709 million in Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) funding for 50 broadband providers. As a commission press release notes, the “bulk” of the RDOF funding will go to rural…
The majority of the $65 billion in broadband funding included in the newly passed infrastructure bill will go toward deployments in unserved and underserved high-cost areas through the newly formed BEAD program. But there are five separate programs with a…
Verizon plans to use low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband connectivity from Amazon Project Kuiper to provide backhaul for 5G service in rural areas. Initially, the focus will be on “expanding Verizon data networks using cellular backhaul solutions from Project Kuiper,”…
Charter is planning a 1,910-mile fiber network in rural Virginia that will be funded, in part, through the Virginia Telecommunications Initiative (VATI). VATI is a state-funded program administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development to help local communities…
The FCC has approved 13 smaller bidders to receive funding won in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction. The funding will go toward covering some of the costs of deploying broadband to unserved and underserved rural areas and had…
Mediacom, the nation’s fifth largest cable operator, said it will use equipment from Ericsson to provide fixed wireless service in rural areas using CBRS band spectrum. The cable company didn’t detail how many customers it expects to reach or the…
KsFiberNet has completed Kansas fiber broadband deployments that were funded, in part, through the CARES Act. The regional fiber network was awarded $2 million in funding for the project through two Kansas programs known as Strengthening People and Revitalizing Kansas…
KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Conexon Connect, the internet service provider created and managed by rural fiber-optic network design and construction management leader Conexon, has been selected by south central Georgia’s Irwin EMC to provide access to…
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