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Tag: RUS
Open Range Signs $100 Million Deal for Rural WiMAX
Open Range Communications, a Colorado based rural wireless network operator, has signed a five year agreement with Alvarion for WiMAX equipment that could reach $100 million. The deal provides the equipment necessary to build Open…
Broadband Stimulus Program Delayed
We all saw this coming. The broadband stimulus program has been delayed. It looks like the first funding round won’t commence until December 2009. This was revealed in a Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) quarterly…
Adelstein Nominated to Run Rural Utilities Service, Broadband Program
Current democratic FCC commissioner Jonathan Adelstein will be nominated by the Obama administration to run the Agriculture Department’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS). RUS provides a variety of funding programs for utility services in rural America,…
More Broadband Stimulus Details
Standing room only was the scene this morning at the Department of Commerce in Washington D.C. for the Broadband Initiative Kick-Off meeting to discuss the rural broadband stimulus program. The meeting was jointly hosted by…
USDA Announces $342 Million in Rural Broadband, Telecommunications Loans
WASHINGTON. – Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer today announced that broadband and telecommunications loans totaling more than $342 million are being awarded to 18 communications firms serving 22 states. The funds will help bring new and…
Open Range Approved for $267 Million RUS Broadband Loan
Open Range Communications, a Denver, Co. based wireless provider, has been approved for a $267 million RUS broadband loan. Open Range intends to use the proceeds to deploy broadband service to 518 rural communities in…