Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced it is ready to authorize more than $313 million through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund to fund broadband deployments in 19 states bringing service to over 130,000 locations.
This is the eighth round of funding in the program. FCC’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund provided over $5 billion in funding for new deployments in 47 states to bring broadband to over 2.8 million locations.
“The funding announced today will help hundreds of thousands of Americans get access to high-speed, reliable broadband service,” said Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel.
The Commission also denied a petition by RHMD, LLC for waiver of the deadline to obtain eligible telecommunications carrier status because the company failed to diligently pursue efforts to obtain the designation.
