The FCC said today that it is ready to authorize Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) winnings for Windstream and 11 other companies that were winning bidders in last year’s RDOF auction. LTD Broadband is not among them and the company…
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More RDOF Winning Bidders Get ETC Designation
Several more winning bidders in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction have received eligible telecommunications carriers (ETC) designation for areas where they tentatively won funding. The new designations are for states where the FCC Is responsible for awarding designations….
FCC Authorizes 21 More Winning RDOF Bidders Including Cox Communications
The FCC has authorized 21 more winning bidders in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF). The only large bidder on the list is Cox Communications, which had funding authorized for nine states. Cincinnati Bell also had funding authorized for deployments…
Charter Updates FCC on RDOF Plans, Withdraws Census Blocks
As the RDOF program gets underway, there’s a lot of clean up taking place with the rural broadband funding program. As the largest winning bidder by number of locations to be funded, cable MSO Charter is participating in this clean…
FCC Ready to Authorize More Smaller RDOF Winners, Gets Set for Defaults
The FCC said today that it is ready to authorize funding for 42 companies that were among the smaller winning bidders in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction. Also today, the FCC released a list of defaulted census blocks…
WISP Starry to Go Public Via Merger with First Horizon
Fixed wireless technology developer and service provider Starry will be going public via a merger agreement with FirstMark Horizon Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), which is an affiliate of FirstMark Capital. The deal is expected to close…
FCC Approves 13 Smaller Winning Bidders to Receive RDOF Funding
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…
Largest RDOF Winner LTD Broadband Accuses Attorney of “Egregious Misconduct”
LTD Broadband, which was the largest winning bidder in last year’s FCC Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction, has asked the commission to reconsider its decision involving the carrier’s application for eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) status in California, alleging “egregious…
FCC Gets Pushback on RDOF Waiver Requests, But Some Big Winning Bidders Comply
The FCC is getting pushback on letters sent last month to 197 companies that had winning bids in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction. Each company received a list of census blocks for which it won funding to deploy…
Windstream CEO: Industry Should Not Repeat RDOF Mess, USF Reform Needed
Windstream CEO Tony Thomas addressed the fiber broadband industry today at Fiber Connect, taking place in Nashville. With a theme of Windstream’s growing broadband ambitions, Thomas also revealed he’s no fan of the RDOF program implementation and he is among…
FCC Ready to Authorize 48 RDOF Winning Bidders, Releases List of Defaults
The FCC today said it is ready to authorize $311 million in rural broadband funding to 48 companies that had winning bids in the RDOF (Rural Digital Opportunity Fund) auction. Also today, the commission released a list of RDOF defaults…
Charter Selects Gibson Technical Services for RDOF Buildout in 3 States
Gibson Technical Services has been selected by Charter Communications to build out 8,600 miles of full service construction across Louisiana, Alabama and North Carolina in an initiative partially funded by the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) program. Gibson, a subsidiary…
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