Twelve Bidders Provisionally Selected for Rural Broadband Experiment Funding
Twelve more bidders were provisionally selected to receive $26.9 million of the up to $100 million in rural broadband experiment funding approved by the FCC in July (see 1407140040), the Wireline Bureau said in a public notice posted Wednesday in…
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docket 10-90. The largest provisional bidder was Oklahoma’s Northeast Rural Services, which would receive $7.4 million for six bids, if it survives the agency’s post-selection review process, said the PN. The tentatively selected bidders submitted their technical and financial information Jan. 6. They have until May 4 to submit a letter of credit for the amount of support they would receive and until June 2 to submit FCC Form 5620 to document their designation as an eligible telecom carrier in all areas for which they will receive support, the PN said.