Pine Cellular Phones Inc. was awarded an $11.1 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service on September 12, 2022 to provide broadband services through September 12, 2024. The grant funding will support the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants program, which aims to expand the use of telecommunications technologies to deliver educational and medical services in rural areas. Specifically, Pine Cellular Phones Inc. will use the grant...
The Pine Telephone Co Inc. was awarded a $13,552,987 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service on September 26, 2022 to be completed by September 26, 2024. The grant funding will support the PILOT BROADBAND GRANT under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855). Pine Telephone Co Inc., doing business as Oak Phone Store, will use the grant funds to encourage and improve the use of telemedicine, telecommunications, computer...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded the Chickasaw Nation a $24,992,756.00 Project Grant under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) on August 22, 2023. This grant funding will support the Chickasaw Nation's efforts to expand broadband infrastructure and services in rural areas within its tribal territory. The ReConnect Program aims to increase high-speed internet connectivity to enable economic growth and provide access to critical resources like...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded Totah Communications Inc., a for-profit organization, a $4,136,439.00 Project Grant under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) on July 6, 2023. The grant will support broadband deployment and infrastructure investments in the rural area of Ochelata, Oklahoma to expand access to broadband services. The ReConnect Program provides loans, grants, and loan/grant combination awards to facilitate broadband deployment in...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded Canadian Valley Telephone, L.L.C. a $4,997,600 Project Grant under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (ReConnect Program, CFDA 10.752). The grant will support Canadian Valley Telephone in expanding broadband internet infrastructure and service in Crowder, Oklahoma from March 2023 through March 2025. As part of the ReConnect Program's goal of expanding broadband access in unserved rural areas, these funds will facilitate...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service has awarded a $29,945,251.00 Project Grant to Bush-Tell, Incorporated under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) to facilitate broadband deployment in the rural area of Aniak, AK. The goal of the ReConnect Program is to expand broadband service to rural areas without sufficient access. This two-year grant, awarded on July 10, 2023, will provide the necessary infrastructure investments and create jobs to achieve 100%...
The Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $21.7 million Project Grant to Panhandle Telephone Cooperative Inc., doing business as PTci, on March 13, 2023. The grant is part of the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (ReConnect Program, CFDA 10.752) and will support PTci's efforts to expand broadband infrastructure and service in Guymon, Oklahoma through March 13, 2025. The ReConnect Program aims to increase broadband access in rural areas lacking sufficient connectivity....
The Rural Utilities Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded a $13,850,542 Project Grant to Penasco Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc. of Artesia, New Mexico under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA #10.752). The grant will support infrastructure investments and jobs to expand broadband service in rural areas lacking sufficient access, as provided for under the ReConnect Program. Specifically, Penasco Valley Telecommunications Cooperative will use the funding to...
The Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded The Ponderosa Telephone CO. a $21,277,167 ReConnect Program project grant on June 1, 2023. This grant, part of the ReConnect Program (CFDA 10.752), will be used by The Ponderosa Telephone CO. to facilitate broadband deployment and expand high-speed connectivity to the rural community of O'Neals, California by June 2025. The Ponderosa Telephone CO. was also previously awarded a $6.4 million Distance Learning and Telemedicine...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $34,532,301 Project Grant to Upper Peninsula Telephone Co, doing business as Michigan Broadband Services, to support infrastructure investments and jobs through the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752). The ReConnect Program aims to expand broadband service in rural areas lacking sufficient access, and this award will facilitate broadband deployment for Carney, Michigan through September 2024. The total funding amount...