NTIA Report: Broadband Adoption Rate Soared Over Past Decade
Perhaps history will remember the first decade of this century as the one in which broadband took off. Only 4.4% of U.S. households had broadband connectivity in the year 2000, but that percentage climbed to 68.2% in 2010, according to a report issued late last week by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. We know Finley clients are ... Read more

State of Wisconsin Declines Broadband Stimulus Award
The state of Wisconsin has opted not to accept a $23 million broadband stimulus grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Agency. According to a report published in the Journal Sentinel, a local news outlet, state officials were concerned that the state could be responsible for repaying the entire $23 million if numerous requirements were not ... Read more

President Obama Outlines Rural 4G Plan
President Obama on February 10th called for a Wireless and Infrastructure Initiative with the aim of helping to fund greater deployment of 4G wireless technology by using a portion of $27.8 billion raised through voluntary incentive wireless spectrum auctions over 10 years. The initiative will help bring high-speed wireless connectivity to ... Read more

Pennsylvania Utility Chooses WiMAX for SmartGrid
Pennsylvania-based utility company PPL Electric Utilities plans to use Alvarion's BreezeMAX Extreme 3650 WiMax equipment as part of the smart grid communications network it is deploying in the state, the companies announced on February 1. The communications network upgrade is the first phase of PPL's smart grid project, which was enabled by a ... Read more

Chicago Suburb Outlines SmartGrid Plans
The City of Naperville, Illinois has chosen Calico Energy Services to deploy an advanced energy management platform to support a smart grid network planned for rollout in the third quarter of this year. Calico is supplying load control management, home automation, small commercial automation and energy management modules for the deployment, which also ... Read more

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• RIITA - March 8-10, 2011
• NRECA Tech Advantage Conferrence and Expo - March 8-11, 2011

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