Project Grant CLSS00000118422
- Federal Grant Award Summary Copper Valley Telephone Cooperative Incorporated (doing business as Copper Valley Telecom) received a $17.9 million Project Grant award from the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) on May 6, 2026. The award, funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, supports broadband infrastructure deployment in Valdez, Alaska, with a completion date of May 6, 2028. Under this grant, the awardee will install fiber...
- The Rural Utilities Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded a $2.5 million Project Grant to Unicom, Inc. for a PILOT BROADBAND COST OVERRUN GRANT. The grant period is from March 29, 2023 to March 29, 2025. Funding will support the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants program, which aims to improve access to telemedicine and distance learning technologies in rural areas through the CFDA #10.855. Specifically, the grant will address a cost overrun for Unicom's...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $31,039,614 Project Grant to Unicom, Inc., a for-profit telecommunications company, to deliver broadband infrastructure and connectivity services in rural areas of Alaska. The grant was funded through the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Loans and Grants program (CFDA #10.855), which provides financial assistance to rural communities to improve access to education, training, and healthcare services through advanced...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $25,000,000 Project Grant to Unicom, Inc., a telecommunications company based in Anchorage, Alaska. The funding is provided through the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Grants program (CFDA #10.855) to support the deployment of broadband infrastructure and telecommunications services that will enable distance learning and telemedicine capabilities in rural Alaskan communities. The grant project will be implemented...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Cimarron Telephone Company, L.L.C. received an $8.9 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) awarded on May 6, 2026. This 50-50 loan-grant combination award, funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, supports broadband infrastructure deployment in Lawrence Creek, Oklahoma, with a completion date of May 6, 2028. The project delivers fiber...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Dena Nena Henash, doing business as Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC), received a $30.3 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) on May 6, 2026, with completion targeted by May 6, 2028. The award funds broadband infrastructure deployment across interior Alaska, specifically serving the Fairbanks region and surrounding rural communities. TCC will deploy fiber...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service has awarded a $34,993,700.00 Project Grant to Interior Telephone Co (doing business as Telalaska Network Services) under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752). The grant funding is provided through the ReConnect Program, which aims to facilitate broadband deployment in rural areas without sufficient access. The award will be used to deliver broadband infrastructure and services in Anchorage, AK over a 2-year period from May...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Okanogan County Public Utility District NO. 1 received a $30.2 million Project Grant award from the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) on May 6, 2026, with a completion deadline of May 6, 2028. The award funds broadband infrastructure expansion and deployment in underserved rural areas of Okanogan County, Washington. Through this award, the utility district will install fiber optic and ethernet cabling,...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) awarded a $24,957,845 Project Grant under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (CFDA 10.855) program to Quintillion Subsea Operations, LLC in Anchorage, Alaska. The grant, awarded on November 25, 2024, will fund the acquisition and deployment of telecommunications-enabled equipment, including audio, video, and information technologies, to extend educational and medical applications to underserved rural areas in Alaska. The...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Continental Divide Electric Cooperative, Inc. received a $21.7 million Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service (RUS) under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) on May 6, 2026, with a completion deadline of May 6, 2028. This grant funds broadband infrastructure deployment in rural areas of Grants, New Mexico, to expand high-speed internet access to communities lacking sufficient connectivity, defined as...
On May 6, 2026, the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) awarded Unicom, Inc. a $35 million project grant under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) to support broadband infrastructure deployment in rural Alaska. The award, funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, will support the construction and installation of broadband telecommunications infrastructure in the Anchorage service area through May 6, 2028. Unicom will utilize the grant funding to deploy fiber optic and ethernet cabling, procure networking equipment, and establish broadband connectivity meeting the program's minimum standard of 25 megabits per second downstream and 3 megabits per second upstream to underserved residential, business, educational, healthcare, and community facilities. The Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program provides financing through loans, grants, and loan/grant combinations to expand broadband access to rural areas lacking sufficient service. This award supports Unicom's ongoing strategic focus on rural telecommunications infrastructure development in Alaska, enabling critical services including distance learning, telemedicine capabilities, and economic development opportunities in regions previously lacking reliable broadband access. The awardee must complete all pre-award conditions and secure supplementary funding sources before RUS disburses funds, with advances requested by the recipient throughout the two-year performance period.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $35.0m | 5/6/26 |