Stories of Innovation

Transforming Rural America

Follow NTCA members as they deliver high-quality communications services in the most sparsely populated, highest-cost rural areas of the country, and help to build unique, successful rural communities.

 

 

Previewing CES 2021

This is about the time of year that I ordinarily publish a CES preview in anticipation of heading out to Las Vegas for the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The preview is usually less about technology I am about to...

Giving Back: An Essential Element of Marketing

Kurt Gruendling, vice president of marketing and business development, Waitsfield and Champlain Valley Telecom (WCVT), has been a marketing pioneer in the rural telecommunications industry since 1996. He has been involved in marketing, public relations and business development at WCVT for more than 23 years. He was essential in assisting with the unification process between NTCA and OPASTCO and served on both the OPASTCO and NTCA marketing committees as a member and as a past president. He is a professional in his field and has mentored countless other telecoms.