USDA Awards $16.9M for Broadband Project in Phillips County
The money is a portion of $700 million in grants and loans announced Monday for high-speed internet projects in rural areas of 22 states. read more >
The money is a portion of $700 million in grants and loans announced Monday for high-speed internet projects in rural areas of 22 states. read more >
With over $1B from the BEAD program, Arkansas stands to build out internet infrastructure in rural areas and finally close the state’s digital divide. read more >
The Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment funding will be used to deploy or upgrade broadband networks to ensure that everyone has access to reliable, affordable, high-speed internet service. read more >
The company also reported another writedown in the value of its fiber segment, this time for $24.5 million. read more >
The broadband fiber, telecom, cloud and data center services company now serves 123 communities and 47,000 customers. read more >
Eight projects had been on hold after the governor abolished a steering committee for the funds. read more >
Maglothin was previously partner and chief strategy officer for Leverage Broadband Strategies, a telecommunications consulting firm. read more >
It plans to expand free Wi-Fi to international and Delta Connection flights by the end of 2024. The service will use equipment from Viasat, a U.S.-based satellite broadband provider. read more >
The company said its agreement with a "large global internet provider" is one of the biggest in company history. read more >
The self-funded investment will “benefit businesses and schools in the Jackson community,” a Ritter news release said. read more >
CEO Alan Morse said Jane Marie Woodruff, Tony McKay and Heather Terry deserved the new positions because of their “significant contributions to the growing success of the company.” read more >
The funds are provided through the state's Capital Projects Fund Grant Program, which allocates federal dollars from the American Rescue Plan Act. read more >
The Fayetteville-based cooperative’s subsidiary connected its first customer in 2017. read more >
The $1.5 million project brought fiber internet to Union City. read more >
A key component of the agreement will be developing statewide programs to overcome barriers to enrollment in a federal broadband benefit program. read more >
The upgrade delivers 1-gigabit internet to nearly 24,000 residential customers in 45 communities. read more >
The write-down in the Uniti Fiber segment was "driven by an increase in the macro interest rate environment." read more >
The funds are a portion of $759 million in grants and loans the USDA is providing to enable rural communities to access high-speed internet. read more >
In many cases, the poorest and least white parts of a city only are offered service that's so slow it doesn't meet federal regulators' definition of broadband — and providers regularly charge the same amount for that service as they do for their fastest speeds in other neighborhoods. read more >
Smith joined the company in 2008 and had been serving as executive vice president of financial planning and treasurer. read more >
