The Rural Utilities Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded a $6.3 million Project Grant to Silver Star Telephone Company, Inc. of Freedom, Wyoming under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA #10.752). The grant funding will support infrastructure investments and jobs to expand broadband service in rural areas as part of the ReConnect Program. The ReConnect Program aims to facilitate broadband deployment in rural communities lacking sufficient access, with an essential goal...
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 Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $15,664,704 Project Grant to Grand River Mutual Telephone Corp of Princeton, MO on September 15, 2022 for completion by September 15, 2024. The grant is part of the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (ReConnect Program, CFDA #10.752), which provides funding to facilitate broadband deployment in rural areas lacking sufficient access. Under this award, Grand River Mutual Telephone Corp will use the grant funding to expand broadband...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded an $8.78 million Project Grant to Vpnet Inc. under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) on September 8, 2022. The grant will support infrastructure investments and jobs to expand broadband service in Cidra, Puerto Rico through September 8, 2024. As a certified HUBZone small business, Vpnet Inc. will leverage the funding to facilitate broadband deployment in the rural municipality, helping achieve the ReConnect Program's...
This $24,956,035 federal Project Grant was awarded on July 14, 2023 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) to the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma. The grant will fund the RECONNECT 100% GRANT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS AND JOBS ACT project over a 2-year period from July 2023 to July 2025. The project aims to expand broadband service and infrastructure to rural areas within the Pawnee Nation's jurisdiction that currently...
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 Energy awarded Veir Inc. a $60,413,539 Project Grant through the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) federal grant program. The grant supports the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) - Access Clean Energy with Superconductors (ACES) Project, which aims to modernize and enhance the U.S. electric grid infrastructure. The project will focus on technology, infrastructure, and community resilience initiatives to improve grid reliability, increase renewable...
This $9,463,451.89 Project Grant award from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) under the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund Grant Program (CFDA 11.038) will fund Recon RF, Inc., a minority-owned, veteran-owned small business, to conduct research and development to develop ultra-efficient front-end modules (FEMs) for next-generation 5G/6G open radio units (RUs). The key activities include innovative high-efficiency designs, fabrication, and extensive...
This $16,891,348 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) to Uplink LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, to facilitate broadband deployment in the rural area of Clarksdale, MS. The grant aims to expand broadband access to rural areas without sufficient service, in alignment with the essential goals of the ReConnect Program. The awarded funding supports infrastructure investments and...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $12,713,451.00 Project Grant under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) to Allband Communications Cooperative to facilitate broadband deployment in rural areas. The funding will be used to provide broadband infrastructure and connectivity services in Curran, MI 48728 over the 2-year grant period from June 5, 2023 to June 5, 2025. The ReConnect Program aims to expand broadband access to rural areas without sufficient...