The 4-County Electric Power Association electrical cooperative in east central Mississippi is moving beyond the pilot phase of its network upgrade, according to DZS Inc., one of the partners on the project. During the next few years, 4-County plans to…
T-Mobile plans to make its Ultra Capacity 5G service available to 100 million more Americans next year, and as the company’s President of Technology Neville Ray told investors today, it will have to expand its geographic coverage five-fold to achieve…
DEC 07, 2021 – PLANO, Texas – Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) today announced a partnership with Nex-Tech Wireless to commercially launch Nex-Tech Wireless’s 5G capabilities in rural Kansas. Ericsson has been the primary vendor for Nex-Tech Wireless on their 4G deployments…
CLEARWATER, Kan. (November 16, 2021) – Local broadband provider SKT will break ground on a rural fiber project north of Clearwater later this year, continuing their significant investments across their 10,000 square mile rural service area. With fiber, SKT will…
Arcadian Infracom will use an investment of as much as $140 million from investment firm TIAA, which focuses on the retirement market, to accelerate fiber projects in the four-corners region of the southwest. Arcadian Infracom calls itself “an internet infrastructure…
WOODSTOCK, NB, Sept. 22, 2021 /CNW/ – Today, Xplornet Communications Inc., Canada’s largest rural-focused broadband provider, launched its rural 5G standalone network, powered by the industry-leading Ericsson Radio System. The rollout of Canada’s first rural 5G standalone network with fixed…
KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Conexon Connect, the internet service provider created and managed by rural fiber-optic network design and construction management leader Conexon, has been selected by Mountain View Electric Association (MVEA) to provide access to…
Small rural carriers that receive Universal Service Fund (USF) support through the traditional high-cost program will breathe a little easier now that the FCC has adopted an order that adjusts a key budget constraint for the high-cost program. The order…
JONESBORO, Ark. – (May 25, 2021) – Ritter Communications, a leading regional broadband provider headquartered in Jonesboro, Arkansas, is investing $12 million to implement a major network upgrade in 45 rural Northeast Arkansas and West Tennessee communities. Ritter Communications began…
According to a new report from CoBank, Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) satellites could serve as a catalyst to expedite the availability of 5G in rural communities. “In rural America, 5G coverage appears to be improving, but the increase in speed…
The South Carolina Office of Regulatory Staff (ORS), in conjunction with several public and private entities, this week completed a pilot project that provides residential broadband to families with K-12 students and establishes public WiFi hubs in Allendale County. The…
March 29, 2021 – RICHARDSON, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc. today announced the successful deployment of a 53-mile fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) broadband network for Craig-Botetourt Rural Electric Cooperative (CBEC) headquartered in New Castle, Virginia. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic,…
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