Mid-Atlantic Members Win $1.5M for Last-Mile Broadband
Posted by Jesse Ward on Monday, December 7, 2009 · 
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The Mid-Atlantic Broadband Cooperative (MBC), an organization of 55 private sector telecom companies, announced last week that more than $1.5 million has been awarded to its members for last-mile broadband initiatives.
MBC owns and operates an open-access fiber optic backbone network that provides wholesale optical transport services, collocation, dark fiber and tower construction/leasing in rural Virginia.
The monetary awards are 50/50 matching grants, and will enable deployment of broadband services for residential and business customers in unserved communities in Southern Virginia. Read more
DigitalBridge Partners with Media Company
Posted by Jesse Ward on Monday, November 23, 2009 · ·
Rural WiMAX provider DigitalBridge Communications (DBC) announced last Friday that it has completed an additional round of equity financing including a strategic partnership with Schurz Communications.
Based in Mishawaka, Indiana, Schurz owns and operates a variety of media companies, including cable systems offering high-speed data services, TV and radio stations, newspapers and online media. The company is dedicated to serving small and medium-sized markets nationwide.
Since launching its service in 2007, DBC has deployed WiMAX networks in 15 markets nationwide. The company brings fixed broadband wireless services to a variety of customers — residential, business, educational, healthcare and public safety — and provides mobile broadband services though WiMAX-enabled laptops, netbooks, USB adapters and other portable devices. Read more
Nationwide WiMAX Operator Selects Alvarion
Posted by Jesse Ward on Monday, June 22, 2009 · ·
Colorado-based Open Range Communications Inc. has selected Alvarion for the nation’s largest Rural Utilities Service (RUS) funded WiMAX deployment.
Open Range plans to begin offering wireless broadband service in the fourth quarter of this year using Alvarion’s WiMAX 802.16e BreezeMAX solution. As part of this contract, expected to be more than $100 million over a five-year implementation, Alvarion will provide radio access equipment, customer devices and systems integration. Read more