by Pivot
Tag: Reverse Auction
FCC Poised to Adopt RDOF Rules: $16 Billion for Totally Unserved Areas in Phase 1
The FCC Rural Digital Opportunity Fund or RDOF rules call for using a reverse auction process to award funding to areas lacking service at speeds of at least 25/3 Mbps. Problems with Form 477 data reared their ugly head again, as . . .
CAF II Winner Watch Communications Acquires Indiana ISP
As Watch Communications acquires Sit-CO, its customer base will expand by 2,200 or about 10%. Sit-CO offers fiber and wireless broadband in Evansville and surrounding rural . . .
Pai Proposes $9 Billion FCC Rural 5G Fund Auction to Replace Mobility Fund II
Pai is proposing a $9 billion budget to be awarded through a reverse auction, including $1 billion to support precision agriculture
FCC Authorizes $13 Million Rural Broadband Funding for CAF II Auction Winners
CAF II funding authorized this week went to Hankins Information Technology for deployments in California and to Newmax, which operates as Intermax Networks, for deployments in . . .
Policy Scholar Shares Broadband Lessons Learned: Large Telecom Has Failed Rural America
The FCC and USDA shouldn’t both be handling rural broadband subsidies, argues rural broadband policy scholar Christopher Ali, who also expressed concern that price cap carriers . . ..
Watch Communications, One of Largest CAF II Winners, Will Use Ericsson Fixed Wireless for the Project
A Watch Communications Ericsson deal calls for Watch, owned by Benton Ridge Telephone Company, to use Ericsson equipment in areas where Watch has licensed spectrum or where it will use the CBRS . . .