The FCC today adopted rules for the 5G Fund for Rural America, which will make $9 billion available to cover some of the costs of deploying service to rural areas that lack higher-speed mobile service. Awardees will be required to…
Rural Broadband
USDA ReConnect Budget Expected to Get $150 Million Boost for Rural Broadband
The USDA already has awarded the full $550 million budget allocated for Phase 2 of the ReConnect rural broadband program. But it may award as much as an additional $150 million, a USDA official told Telecompetitor. The agency can do…
SpaceX Starlink Pricing Revealed as Satellite Broadband Operator Expands Beta
SpaceX revealed Starlink pricing, as the company expands its beta testing for satellite broadband. The expanded beta test, which Starlink calls “Better Than Nothing Beta” may reveal a bit of strategy behind the company’s rural broadband push. Starlink pricing includes…
Electric Cooperatives Pitch Georgia Solution to Help Spur Rural Broadband Deployments
Electric cooperatives in Georgia have proposed policies aimed at spurring rural broadband deployments. The cooperatives call the proposed policies the Georgia Solution. Although some Georgia electric cooperatives have proposed to build broadband networks in the rural communities they serve, those…
FCC Puts Focus on Tribal Broadband, Awards 154 Tribal 2.5 GHz Spectrum Licenses
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted 154 spectrum licenses to tribal applicants for mid-band (2.5 GHz) spectrum. The FCC’s efforts aim to address unserved populations on tribal lands by facilitating the deployment of fixed wireless service in that band…
With $37M Award, USDA ReConnect Has Now Reached Total Announced Round 2 Budget
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ReConnect program late last week announced six awards with a total value of $37 million for fiber broadband networks in rural Alabama. Total awards made now surpass the $550 million USDA ReConnect Round 2 budget….
Rural School Deal Will Be a Key Test for SpaceX Starlink Satellite Broadband
Starlink, the satellite broadband service from SpaceX, reportedly has won a deal to provide service to families in rural Texas. The SpaceX Starlink deal is with school district Ector County ISD and calls for the company to provide service initially…
ReConnect Program Announces $158M in Broadband Awards, Almost 100% of Second Round $550M Budget Reached
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ReConnect Program has announced 15 more second round awards. The program is investing almost $158 million in Kentucky, Illinois, Washington, Missouri, Michigan, New Mexico and Iowa. So far, the second round of the ReConnect Program,…
USDA ReConnect Awards Made in West Virginia, Illinois, Minnesota
The USDA ReConnect Program has made awards to service providers for deployment of FTTP networks in West Virginia, Illinois and Minnesota. The West Virginia, Illinois and Minnesota USDA ReConnect awards came in the form of grants. The three projects, which…
In Latest Broadband Provider Deal, GI Partners to Acquire Vast Broadband
GI Partners has agreed to purchase Vast Broadband from Pamlico Capital and Oak Hill Capital for an undisclosed amount. Vast Broadband provides high-speed broadband, video, and voice services to over 60,000 residential and business customers in South Dakota and Minnesota….
Verizon to Acquire Assets of Rural America Partner Bluegrass Cellular
Verizon Communications says that it has signed an agreement to acquire “certain assets” of Bluegrass Cellular, a wireless operator in rural central Kentucky with which it has a long relationship. The Verizon Bluegrass deal will bring Verizon 210,000 customers in…
USDA ReConnect Awards Made in South Dakota, Wyoming and Pennsylvania
The USDA has announced three more awards in the second round of its ReConnect Program. The awards, which total a bit more than $7 million, bring the announced investment during the week of October 11 to more than $173 million….
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