The Big Bend Telephone Co Inc. was awarded a $24,018,756 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service on September 2, 2022. The grant is part of the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855) and will support the delivery of telemedicine and distance learning services to rural communities in Alpine, Texas through September 2, 2024. Specifically, the funding will encourage and improve the use of telecommunications technologies to...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $4,713,190 Project Grant to Big Bend Telecom, LTD. under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Grants program (CFDA 10.855). The funding will support the acquisition and deployment of telecommunications-enabled equipment, including audio, video, and information technologies, to extend educational and medical services to underserved rural areas around Alpine, Texas over a two-year project period from November 2024 to...
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 Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded Western New Mexico Telephone Company, Inc. a $23,770,661 Project Grant under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) on February 27, 2023. The grant will support the expansion of broadband service in Cliff, New Mexico through February 27, 2025. As the stated goal of the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program is to expand broadband access in rural areas lacking sufficient connectivity, it can be reasonably inferred the funding...
This $9,256,350 project grant was awarded to SWC Telesolutions Inc. by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752). The grant funds will be used to support broadband infrastructure deployment and internet access services in rural Albuquerque, New Mexico from July 2023 through July 2025. This grant is part of the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program, which aims to expand broadband service to rural areas without sufficient...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded Home Telephone Company a $18.1 million Project Grant under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) on March 21, 2023. The grant will support Home Telephone Company's provision of broadband infrastructure and connectivity in Madison, Wisconsin through March 21, 2025. As the stated goal of the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program is expanding broadband access in rural areas lacking sufficient service, this award will likely...
Border To Border Communications, Inc. received a $1,958,351 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service on March 29, 2023. The grant funding will support the PILOT BROADBAND COST OVERRUN GRANT project to be completed by March 29, 2025 in Zapata, TX. The grant was awarded under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855), which aims to expand access to telemedicine and distance learning technologies for rural...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded an $11 million project grant to Big Bend Regional Hospital District of Alpine, Texas under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program. The grant will support construction and renovation activities at rural health care facilities from May 2022 through May 2024. Specifically, the funding will enable infrastructure upgrades and expansion of essential medical services for rural residents as authorized under the Community Facilities...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded Southwestern Bell Telephone Company a $16,036,684 Project Grant under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) on September 12, 2022. The grant will support broadband deployment projects through September 12, 2024. The Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program aims to expand broadband access in rural areas currently lacking sufficient connectivity. As the awardee, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, doing business as AT&T,...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $2.2 million Project Grant to Beehive Telephone Company, Inc. of Tooele, UT through the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (ReConnect Program, CFDA #10.752) for the period of March 14, 2023 to March 14, 2025. The ReConnect Program aims to expand broadband access in rural areas lacking sufficient connectivity. Beehive Telephone will use the grant funding to support infrastructure investments and job creation associated with...