The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), a part of the Department of Commerce, has awarded 19 grants in the Tribal Connectivity Program. The grants total $77 million and cover tribal communities in Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Louisiana, Michigan, Oklahoma,…
The FCC said today that it is ready to approve funding totaling $199 million to more than 20 companies that had winning bids in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction. This is the latest in a string of RDOF…
The FCC has issued a proposed $100,000 fine against LTD Broadband, which was the largest winning bidder in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction. The commission said the company “apparently engaged in prohibited communications” with Cox Communications, which was…
APRIL 27, 2022 – CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Spectrum today announced the launch of Spectrum Internet, Mobile, TV and Voice services to more than 270 homes and small businesses in Rowan County. Spectrum’s newly constructed fiber-optic network buildout in Rowan County is…
T-Mobile has a secret sauce for selling T-Mobile Home fixed wireless service in rural areas that involves a granular competitive analysis of 775 sub-markets, said CEO Mike Sievert on the company’s first quarter earnings call yesterday. The company is seeing…
APRIL 27, 2022 – BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — At a groundbreaking event in Franklin, Kentucky today, Spectrum announced construction is underway on a fiber-optic network expansion project that will bring gigabit broadband and other Spectrum services to more than 1,700 homes…
The Board of Commissioners of Orange County, N.C. voted unanimously this week to enter a public-private partnership with NorthState Communications to bring fiber Internet services to about 28,000 locations in the county, many of which that have poor or no…
Rural electric cooperative association NRECA has established a new membership service tier available to association members that offer or plan to offer broadband. Those enrolling in the service tier will get additional benefits such as “focused relationship-building and lobbying on…
Eleven New Mexico telecom and broadband providers are planning a statewide fiber network to be known as NM Fiber Network LLC. The network is a “multi-year, multi-million dollar” undertaking, NM Fiber Network said. Between them, the 11 providers already have…
APRIL 19, 2022 – APPLETON, Wis. — Spectrum today announced construction is underway on several fiber-optic network expansion projects that will bring gigabit broadband and other Spectrum services to 1,300 homes and small businesses in Winnebago and Fond du Lac Counties….
Rural Douglas County, OR, has benefited greatly from broadband infrastructure, according to the first in an expected series of reports about rural broadband benefits released by the Fiber Broadband Association (FBA). The study, which was conducted on behalf of the…
Two associations representing rural broadband providers sent a letter to the FCC late last week to express concerns about a reported change of plans by Resound Networks, which was one of the largest winning bidders in the Rural Digital Opportunity…
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