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Thank you for reading Telecompetitor! We appreciate all of our readers and we hope you have a delightful holiday season and new year. Please note that Telecompetitor will be on a holiday break from December 23, 2024 through January 1, 2025…. https://lnkd.in/ePJC9XHH #telecompetitor

This week, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced more than $313 million in broadband funding to providers in 18 states, financed via the fifth round of the USDA’s ReConnect Program. The newly announced funding is intended to connect… https://lnkd.in/e7KQWej6 #usda #reconnectprogram

Arkansas, which was awarded $1.024 billion in the Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program, will open accept Main Round applications from January 7 to January 21. The Arkansas State Broadband Office is administering the process. Arkansas BEAD applications must be… https://lnkd.in/eHtV_Bm6 #bead #digitalequity

It is not controversial to say that the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Universal Service Fund (USF) program is unsustainable. Something must change. “The current system is broken… It’s a problem that Congress is ultimately going to have to solve,” said… https://lnkd.in/eArGCeHn #usf #fcc

The state of New York has begun accepting applications for $664 million in the BEAD rural broadband funding program. Applications are due February 7. The New York program, known as ConnectALL, is administered by the state agency known as Empire… https://lnkd.in/ed2qKUWk #bead #ruralbroadband

Telecom/broadband continues to be a hot area for mergers and acquisitions. The past year was a particularly big one for the nation’s largest providers. And private equity firms also remained quite active. Here’s our round-up of telecom/broadband M&A deals of… https://lnkd.in/eKPxZD7F #telecom #privateequity

More than $276 million has been recommended for award to 44 Tribal entities by Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), it was announced this week. The funding — allotted to expand access to and adoption of high-speed… https://lnkd.in/eccZm87n #ntia #internet

UPDATE, December 18: Today, the U.S. Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act, which includes more than $3 billion in funding for the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) rip-and-replace program. Industry voices were quick to applaud the action. Competitive Carriers Association… https://lnkd.in/eyXXRP2j #fcc #ripandreplace