Cal.net, a service provider focused on offering fixed wireless access (FWA) and fiber broadband to California’s Central Valley and rural northern California, has a new CEO and new funding. And as the new CEO, Jack Barker, explained in an exclusive…
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Big RDOF Winner Nextlink Internet Buys Nebraska Fiber Operator
Nextlink Internet, which was one of the top 10 winners in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) rural broadband funding auction, has purchased most of the assets of Bluestem Network, a fiber broadband provider based in Lancaster and Seward Counties…
Charter Shares Rural Broadband Take Rate Success
Charter hopes to complete its RDOF-funded rural broadband deployment ahead of time, said Chris Winfrey, Charter president and CEO, on today’s fourth quarter earnings call. The take rate in those areas is ahead of expectations, he said. Charter made broadband…
Big RDOF Winner Resound Receives Final Authorization for Gigabit/FWA Plans
Resound Networks has received final authorization from the FCC for winning bids in seven states in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) program. The company was the winning bidder for over $300 million in funding to cover some of the…
CFO: Frontier Has Received $440 Million in Broadband Grants; Spillover Impact Expected
Frontier has received $440 million in government grants for broadband deployments, said the company’s chief financial officer and executive vice President Scott Beasley at an investor conference today. Most of that money came from the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF)….
FCC Finally Ready to Authorize Big RDOF Winner Resound Networks
More than two years after the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction was completed, the FCC said today that it is ready to authorize funding for Resound Networks. The company, which plans to use a mixture of fixed wireless and…
GeoLinks Receives First RDOF Distribution From FCC
Camarillo, California – (BUSINESS WIRE) – GeoLinks, an award-winning enterprise telecommunications company headquartered in southern California, officially received its first distribution of The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) on November 29, 2022. The funding, designed to expand broadband…
Charter Launches RDOF-Funded Network in Alabama
Huntsville, Alabama – Spectrum today announced the launch of Spectrum Internet, Mobile, TV and Voice services to more than 2,400 homes and small businesses in the Rogersville and Lexington areas of Lauderdale County. Spectrum’s newly constructed fiber-optic network buildout in Lauderdale…
FCC Announces Two More RDOF Authorizations, Two More Defaults
The FCC has authorized support for two more companies that had winning bids in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction and has announced two more companies that plan to default on at least a portion of their winning bids….
RDOF Winner Mercury Broadband Sells Controlling Interest
Northleaf Capital Partners said today that it has acquired a controlling interest in Mercury Broadband and will invest up to $230 million over the next several years to support the provider’s expansion plans. Mercury Broadband, also known as Mercury Wireless,…
Starry Defaults on RDOF Winning Bids
Just a few weeks after the FCC said it was ready to authorize Starry winning RDOF bids in eight states, the company has told the commission that it plans to default on all its winning bids, including those in one…
Charter Begins Construction on RDOF Funded Network in Michigan
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – October 10, 2022 – Spectrum today announced construction is underway on a fiber-optic network expansion project that will bring gigabit broadband and other Spectrum services to over 4700 homes and small businesses in Wexford County, Michigan. Spectrum…
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