The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded Penasco Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc. a $502,000 Project Grant under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855). The grant will support the delivery of broadband internet connectivity and related telecommunications services to residents in Artesia, New Mexico from March 2023 through March 2025. The Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants program aims to expand access to...
Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, Inc. was awarded a $23,624,986 Project Grant from the Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service on September 20, 2022 to complete the project by September 20, 2024. The funding is provided through the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (ReConnect Program, CFDA #10.752), which aims to expand broadband service in rural areas lacking sufficient access through loans, grants, and loan/grant combination awards. Kit Carson Electric Cooperative will use the...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $17,897,482.00 Project Grant to Copper Valley Telephone Cooperative Incorporated under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752). The grant funding will be used to facilitate broadband deployment in rural areas of Valdez, Alaska over a 2-year period from May 3, 2023 to May 3, 2025. The goal of the ReConnect Program is to expand broadband access to rural areas without sufficient access to high-speed internet. The grant...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service has awarded a $24,645,351.00 Project Grant to Poka-Lambro Telephone Cooperative, Inc., a non-profit organization, under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752). The grant aims to facilitate broadband deployment in rural areas without sufficient access to broadband services. The project will be implemented over a 2-year period from July 25, 2023 to July 25, 2025. This grant is part of the ReConnect Program, which provides loans,...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $34,905,000 ReConnect Program project grant to Cordova Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (DBA Cordova Telecom Cooperative) to expand broadband infrastructure and improve telemedicine and distance learning access in its rural service area in Cordova, Alaska. The ReConnect Program is a federal grant program (CFDA 10.752) that provides funding to facilitate broadband deployment in rural areas. Through this grant, Cordova Telephone...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $12,095,841.00 Project Grant to Interbel Telephone Cooperative Inc., a non-profit organization, under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752). The grant, awarded on May 16, 2023, will fund broadband infrastructure investments and job creation in Eureka, MT to expand broadband access in rural areas without sufficient service. The ReConnect Program provides loans, grants, and loan/grant combination awards to facilitate...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $9,472,875 Project Grant to Pembroke Telephone Co Inc., a for-profit woman-owned small business in Georgia, under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752). The funding will support infrastructure investments and job creation to expand high-speed broadband access in rural, underserved areas around Pembroke. Key products and services to be delivered include the deployment of broadband networks, installation of...
The federal Project Grant award, totaling $24,926,765.00, was provided by the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (USDA-RUS) under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (ReConnect Program - CFDA 10.752). The grant recipient, WNM Communications Corporation (doing business as Gilanet-Internet Service), is a for-profit telecommunications company that specializes in providing high-speed internet connectivity and broadband infrastructure services to rural communities,...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $24,798,566.00 Project Grant to Mountain View Rural Fiber LLC under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752). The grant will fund infrastructure investments and job creation to expand broadband service in rural areas without sufficient access to broadband. The project is scheduled to be completed by July 13, 2025. The Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program provides loans, grants, and loan/grant combination awards to...
The Rural Utilities Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded Tatum Telephone Company a $4.49 million Project Grant under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) on March 10, 2021. The grant will support the expansion of broadband service in rural areas lacking sufficient access, as identified under the ReConnect Program. Tatum Telephone Company will facilitate broadband deployment for rural connectivity in Lawton, Oklahoma through March 10, 2023. The ReConnect Program...