by Pivot
Tag: Electric Cooperatives
Qualified $2B CAF II Auction Bidders Range From Tier 1 Verizon, to Rural Telcos, Electrics, WISPs, and Everything In Between
Qualified CAF II auction bidders include satellite providers Viasat and Hughes, along with wireless companies such as U.S. Cellular and smaller cable companies including Altice, as well as rural telcos and electric companies.
NineStar Connect Water Company Acquisition Would Provide More Fiber Broadband Expansion Opportunities
NineStar Connect was created when power and telecom cooperatives merged in 2011. The company offers fiber-to-the-premises throughout its territory, but economic development wasn’t coming as fast as the company hoped, in part because 75% of the serving area cannot . . .
Freedom Fiber Looks to Human Side of Broadband, USDA Helps Fund Electric Co-op Broadband Project
A USDA grant will help cover the cost of a rural utility broadband deployment, known as Freedom Fiber, developed by Tombigbee Communications. Tombigbee CEO and President Steve Foshee is an articulate advocate for rural broadband. In our interview, . . .
Foundation Explores Telecom Utility Broadband Partnership Economics
A telecom utility broadband partnership can sometimes find a business case for deployment where it would not have been feasible for either entity alone. What if an outside funding source were available? Post Road Foundation aims to answer that question.
NGN Connect Buys Back the Fixed Wireless Business It Sold to an Electric Cooperative
NGN Connect sold part of its fixed wireless business in 2015. But when purchaser Habersham Electric Membership Corporation decided to focus instead on fiber optics, NGN Connect was happy to get the business back. NGN Connect never exited the fixed wireless business but instead . . .