Pilot broadband grant

The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded $24,998,534 to Project Telephone Company (doing business as Nemont) on September 16, 2025, under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants program (CFDA 10.855) to expand broadband infrastructure and support telemedicine and distance learning capabilities in rural Montana.

Project Telephone Company will deploy broadband connectivity to Scobey, Montana, addressing infrastructure cost overruns and enabling healthcare and educational services delivery to geographically isolated communities. The project runs through September 16, 2027. The Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants program funds telecommunications infrastructure and related advanced technologies that provide educational and medical benefits to rural residents and entities operating rural community facilities.

This is a child award within a series of project grants Project Telephone Company has received from RUS between 2020 and 2023, totaling over $22 million. Project Telephone Company partners with Nemont Telephone Co-Operative Inc. to deliver the broadband infrastructure work. The assistance type is a Project Grant.