Buggs Island Telephone Cooperative said late yesterday that it has turned up 4G LTE broadband service under NetAmerica’s Bonfire brand in parts of its rural Virginia service territory. A NetAmerica spokesperson confirmed that BIT, like all other NetAmerica participants that…
Sprint rural LTE initiatives are making significant progress. The company said last Friday that it has added 15 rural and regional LTE roaming partners, bringing its total to 27. In the same announcement, NetAmerica CEO Roger Hutton revealed that his…
Sprint’s rural LTE plans are gaining momentum, as an announcement today from Alcatel-Lucent illustrates. Earlier this year, nTelos said it would expand its LTE network in West Virginia and western Virginia to specifications aligned with Sprint’s own network modernization program….
Sprint wants to accelerate its 4G buildout and it’s turning to rural carriers to help them achieve it. Rural carriers will soon be able to partner with Sprint through their affiliations with the Competitive Carriers Association (CCA) and the NetAmerica…
The NetAmerica Alliance that aims to help rural carriers build out LTE gained more traction today with the announcement that Buggs Island Telephone Cooperative of rural Virginia has joined the alliance. Buggs Island is building an LTE network and plans…
DALLAS, Nov. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — NetAmerica Alliance, LLC, announced today the deployment of TrueCall® for RAN monitoring and optimization as part of its continued focus on arming Alliance Members with the services, tools, infrastructure, programs, and capabilities needed to…
Dallas, TX – April 17, 2013 – NetAmerica Alliance, LLC today announced that Colorado Valley Communications Inc. of La Grange, Texas has joined NetAmerica as an Alliance Member. Established in 1953, Colorado Valley Communications continually strives to provide exceptional customer…
Small network operators that own spectrum they have not yet built out have a new option. NewCore Wireless, a company that has helped carriers build and operate 2G and 3G wireless networks, now plans to add 4G LTE capability using…
Dallas, TX (April 27, 2012) – NetAmerica Alliance, LLC today announced it has launched an innovative program to help carriers which purchased 700MHz spectrum in Auction 73 to meet build-out requirements, while securing a path forward to revenue generating IP…
Rural wireless operators participating in the NetAmerica Alliance 4G initiative now have a name for the service offering. Announced today, the new brand is Bonfire—and according to NetAmerica Chairman and CEO Roger Hutton, it has been extensively tested in focus…
Peoples Telephone Cooperative, a wireless and wireline service provider in rural eastern Texas, has begun offering fixed LTE service, making the company the first participant in the NetAmerica Alliance to turn up service. “Some people are getting six to 10…
NetAmerica Alliance (NAA) announced the opening of their ‘SuperCenter’ and 24/7 network operations center (NOC). The NetAmerica Alliance SuperCenter houses the IMS based core of the 4G LTE wireless network they are building to be used by their rural wireless…
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