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Company's Agreement With State Public Advocate - and Approved by the Public Utilities Commission - Paves the Way for Increased Access to High Speed Internet

August 28, 2007, PORTLAND, Maine -- Verizon is beginning immediately to make plans for wider deployment of broadband in the state, and has made a commitment to roll out more High Speed Internet service here as part of an agreement between the company and the Maine Public Advocate's office.    » read more »

Tellabs 8800 Multiservice Router Earns Rural Utilities Service Acceptance

Aug. 28, 2007, Naperville, Ill. — The Tellabs® 8800 Multiservice Router (MSR) series recently joined the growing list of Tellabs products accepted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS). Now independent telcos can build out their networks to meet increasing user demands for advanced video and Internet services. And they can finance these builds with low-interest government loans for proven Tellabs solutions.

A Bridge to the Future    » read more »

August 21, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today announced a loan of $15,902,000 in rural development funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for broadband access in Clarion, Eagle Grove, Goldfield, Humboldt and Renwick. Harkin is Chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee.    » read more »

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 15, 2007 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced that it has sent and received the first on-orbit commands from the Boeing-built Spaceway 3™ satellite following a successful launch of the spacecraft. All data shows that Spaceway 3 is healthy and operating normally.

An Ariane 5 rocket lifted the Hughes Network Systems, LLC payload into    » read more »

AT&T to Provide Broadband Data Network Upgrade for Fort Bliss

Vienna, Virginia, August 14, 2007 -- AT&T Government Solutions, a business unit within AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), has been awarded a contract worth up to $9.8 million to develop a customer premise data network at Fort Bliss, Texas, for the U.S. Army.    » read more »

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 14, 2007 -- Boeing Service Company of Richardson, Texas, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], has been awarded a $30 million firm-fixed-price contract to continue providing Boeing Broadband Satcom Network (BBSN) service to the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command.    » read more »

Funds advanced from FY 09 budget will continue installation of fiber optic cable

SALISBURY, MD (June 25, 2007) – Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, joined by State and local officials at his Cabinet meeting in Salisbury, today announced an advance of $2 million to continue installation of the Rural Broadband Initiative from Salisbury to the Bay Bridge, the second phase of the massive project to bring fiber optic lines to the Eastern Shore and Southern Maryland.    » read more »

Specification For the Cable Industry to Comply with The Communications Assistance Law Enforcement Act (CALEA)

June 12, 2007 -- The FBI responded to CableLabs' release of a technical specification developed to facilitate the cable industry's compliance with the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA). The Cable Broadband Intercept Specification represents the cable industry's interface specifications for broadband data communication services.    » read more »

WASHINGTON, May 11, 2007 -- Agriculture Under Secretary for Rural Development Thomas C. Dorr today announced the publication of new proposed rules designed to facilitate the further deployment of broadband services to rural communities nationwide.

"These proposed changes will improve broadband coverage in rural America," said Dorr. "Refining eligibility and coverage areas, along with increased emphasis on reaching areas with limited service are priorities within these proposed rule changes."    » read more »