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Consolidated Telephone Company and Meeker Cooperative Light and Power launch MC Fiber

Blandin on Broadband

West Central Tribune reports … A new utility services company specializing in underground fiber construction, MC Fiber launched in late September, according to a news release from Meeker Cooperative Light and Power and Vibrant Broadband in Litchfield.

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Consumer Groups Support EchoStar’s 5G Construction Extension

Broadband Breakfast

11, 2024 – The Open Technology Institute and Public Knowledge are supporting EchoStar’s extended deadline for rolling out a new 5G wireless network. WASHINGTON, Nov. VTel, based in Springfield, Vt.,

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Paul Bunyan Communications Aitkin County Broadband Expansion Update

Blandin on Broadband

Construction is almost done in the areas of Kimberly, Spencer, Jevne, Flemming, and Morrison Townships east of the city of Aitkin and west of the city of McGregor. Anyone in these expansion areas interested in getting connected to the all-fiber optic broadband network should sign up for service now before construction is done.

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Women’s History Month: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Rural Broadband Association

Jeannette and her husband Mike purchased Albion Telephone Company (now ATC Communications; Albion, Idaho) in 1929. Jumping forward a few years, we have Mildred Foster , the matriarch of Twin Valley Telephone (Miltonvale, Kan.). De Lamb and her husband Bill purchased Dubois Telephone Exchange in 1958, when it only had 140 subscribers.

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Paul Bunyan Communications St. Louis County Broadband Expansion Update

Blandin on Broadband

Construction is done in the Forbes Area SW of Eveleth and the city of Buhl. To check to see if a specific location is within an expansion area and learn more about the expansion construction process, visit [link] Anyone interested in getting connected to the all-fiber optic broadband network in these areas can still sign up for service.

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Minnesota is home to 7 exciting, planned or prospective Native Nation owned broadband networks

Blandin on Broadband

The construction project has been fueled by grants first from the Department of Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Community, and the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development before getting a significant infusion from the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program.

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Day Wireless Systems Announces Appointment of Lane Falkner as New CEO

Day Wireless Blog

Milwaukie, OR – Day Wireless Systems, a leading communications and public safety technology integrator in the West, announces the appointment of Lane Falkner as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective July 18, 2024. We are all looking forward to this change and confident this is the best move for all stakeholders.”