The Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction could have as many as 505 bidders, according to the FCC. The commission said today that it received complete applications from 121 entities and incomplete applications from 384 entities. Those who submitted incomplete…
Tennessee has allocated an additional $61 million for broadband. The Tennessee broadband funding is an emergency program to improve service during the COVID-19 pandemic by providing grants to service providers. The grants, which were announced by the governor’s office and…
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced it would invest $9 billion to expand broadband service to unserved and underserved rural areas in Virginia. The award was made through the ReConnect program and Scott County Telephone Cooperative is…
Cable One officially announced its investment in fixed wireless internet service provider Nextlink today, formalizing news that Cable One CFO Steven Cochran previewed on the company’s second quarter earnings call earlier this month. The Cable One Nextlink deal gives Cable…
HOUSTON, TX — August 12, 2020 — After partnering with CHR Solutions, SyncGlobal was awarded a $12.5 million USDA Rural Utilities Service (RUS) grant to deliver residential fiber internet to several unserved rural counties in Georgia. The project timeline currently…
The Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) is considering an upgrade to the high cost broadband portal (HCBP). The organization wants to add a higher level of automation to the management of data submitted by carriers that receive Universal Service Fund…
Consolidated Communications is using a combination of $18 million of its own funds and from two New Hampshire state grants to expand its New England rural broadband presence. In addition to its own funds, the company will use $3.5 million…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has made two more grants under the portion of the ReConnect Pilot Program funded by the CARES Act. Pioneer Telephone Cooperative has been approved for a $24.2 million grant to deploy an FTTP network connecting…
Fifteen Mississippi rural electric cooperatives have won a combined total of $65 million in rural broadband funding through the CARES Act passed earlier this year in response to the COVID-19 crisis. The money came indirectly through the state, which carved…
T-Mobile said today that it has launched standalone 5G service nationwide – an accomplishment that also increased the T-Mobile 5G footprint by 30%, according to the company. Although T-Mobile already claimed a nationwide 5G launch, the service initially relied on…
Greenville, Mississippi (August 3, 2020) – C Spire is teaming up with the Delta Regional Medical Center to debut a remote patient monitoring program in Mississippi for a broad array of chronic medical conditions that will help manage health care costs…
August 4, 2020 — Dickinson, ND – Consolidated Telecom in Dickinson North Dakota is on schedule to convert their video customers to the MG-TV video solution from Innovative Systems. CEO Paul Schuetzler says this project has been one of the…
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