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…
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….
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,…
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…
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…
Tarana, who is expected to supply gigabit fixed wireless for at least one or two of the biggest winning Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) bidders made some product announcements this week. Telecompetitor talked with Dirk Gates, Tarana’s president, about the…
Nextlink Internet has announced details about its plans to bring fixed wireless access (FWA), along with fiber broadband, to underserved and unserved rural communities in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin. The company…
The FCC said today that it has authorized Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) support for two more companies that won funding in the RDOF auction. The companies are Cyber Broadband for deployments in Alabama and E-Fiber San Juan for deployments…
SpaceX, the provider of Starlink low earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband, isn’t accepting the FCC’s decision to reject the company’s winning bid in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) program without a fight. On Friday, the company filed an application…
More than a year and a half after the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction was completed, the FCC said today that it is ready to authorize funding for two of the top 10 winning bidders in the auction. Both…
As promised, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr offered more detail today about why he is unhappy about the commission’s decision to reject SpaceX’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) winning bid. SpaceX tentatively won $885 million to cover some of the costs…
The FCC’s announcement yesterday that it would not be awarding over $2 billion in Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) to two of the largest winning bidders — SpaceX/Starlink and LTD Broadband – means that nearly a quarter (23.7%) of the…
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