Meetings started in March hosted by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Utilities Services (RUS) to discuss the objectives and overall process for allocating funding for the ...

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The recent stimulus package allocates $7.2 billion for building out Internet broadband network access to rural areas in the United States. This broadband initiative is referred to in the legislation signed by President Obama on February 17, 2009, as the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program. Out ...

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The economy has certainly been having an impact on the automotive, financial services and retail industries these days. But you almost need a family tree to keep track of who is in business or not, who was acquired and who was spun out (possibly multiple times) in the telecommunications industry. Just ...

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