386 Applicants Qualified To Bid In Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Auction
UPDATE: FCC Announces Winners Of Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase I Auction
December 7, 2020 – The FCC has announced the results of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase I auction. There were 180 winning bidders, which were awarded 10-year support totaling $9.23 billion to bring broadband service to 5,220,833 locations in 49 states and one territory.
October 13, 2020 – The FCC’s Rural Broadband Auctions Task Force, Office of Economics and Analytics, and Wireline Competition Bureau have announced that 386 applicants are qualified to bid in the upcoming Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) Phase I auction – Auction 904.[1]
A complete list of the qualified bidders is available as Attachment A to the Public Notice. A list of the 119 applicants that submitted a short-form but ultimately did not qualify to participate in the RDOF auction is available as Attachment B.
Auction 904 is scheduled to begin on Thursday, October 29, 2020. Phase I of the RDOF will award up to $16 billion in broadband funding over 10 years, with support disbursed in equal monthly installments. Winning bidders will be required to offer voice and broadband services to all locations within their awarded service areas.
The 386 applicants that qualified to participate in the RDOF Phase I auction are as follows:
1stel, Inc.
4-Corners Consortium
AB Indiana LLC
Accipiter Communications Inc
ACT
Adams CATV, Inc
AirCell, Inc.
Albion Telephone Company, Inc.
All West Communications, Inc.
Allband Multimedia, LLC
Allen's T.V. Cable Service, Inc.
Altice USA, Inc.
Alyrica Networks, Inc.
AMA Communications, LLC
American Heartland
AMG Technology Investment Group LLC
Amherst Telephone Company
Aptitude Internet LLC
Arkansas Telephone Company, Inc.
Armstrong Telephone Company - Northern Division
Arrowhead Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Atlantic Broadband Finance, LLC
Atlantic Telephone Membership Corporation
B2X Online, Inc.
Baldwin Telecom, Inc.
BalsamWest FiberNet, LLC
Bandera Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Baraga Telephone Company
Barry Technology Services, LLC
Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc.
Bays-ET Highspeed LLC
BEK Communications Cooperative
Benton Ridge Telephone Company
Biddeford Internet Corp dba Great Works Internet
Big Bend Telecom LTD
Big River Broadband, LLC
Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Bloomer Telephone Company
Bloosurf, LLC
Blue Ridge Cable Technologies, Inc.
Blue Ridge Mountain Electric Membership Corporatio
Bluestem Network LLC
Brandenburg Telecom LLC
Broadband Corp
Bruce Telephone Company, Inc.
Buckeye Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Bug Tussel Wireless, LLC
Cal.net, Inc.
California Internet, L.P. dba GeoLinks
Cambridge Telephone Company, Inc.
Carolina West Wireless, Inc.
Cass Cable TV, Inc.
CC Communications
CCO Holdings, LLC
Cellular Services LLC.
Central Arkansas Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Central Broadband Consortium
Central Texas Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Centre WISP Venture Company, LLC
CenturyLink, Inc.
Chariton Valley Communications Corporation
Cherry Capital Connection, LLC
Cincinnati Bell Inc.
Citizens Consortium
Citizens Vermont Acquisition Corporation
City of Farmington
City of Wilson GreenLight
Citynet West Virginia, LLC
Clear Lake Independent Telephone Company
Clear Lake Telephone Company, LLC
Climax Telephone Company dba CTS Telecom, Inc.
Cloverland Electric Cooperative
Co-op Connections Consortium
Coleman County Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Colorado Central Telecom, Inc.
Comcell Inc.
Commnet Wireless, LLC
Computer 5, Inc. d/b/a LocalTel Communications
Computer Techniques, Inc. dba CTI Fiber
Concho Valley Electric Cooperative Inc.
Conifer Communications
Connect Everyone LLC
Connecting Rural America
Consolidated Communications, Inc.
Consortium 2020
Consortium 904
Consortium of AEG and Heron Broadband I
Continental Divide Electric Cooperative
coon valley cooperative telephone association inc.
Corn Belt Telephone
Country Wireless, LLC
Cox Communications, Inc.
Cumberland Telephone Company, Inc.
Cumby Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Custer Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Daktel Communications, LLC
Data Stream Mobile Technoligies Inc.
Daviess-Martin County Rural Telephone Corporation
Declaration Networks Group, Inc
Dell Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Digital Connections Inc. dba PRODIGI
Digital Path, Inc.
Digital West Networks, Inc.
Direct Communications Rockland, Inc
Dobson Technologies Transport & Telecom Solutions
DoCoMo Pacific, Inc.
Dovetel Communications LLC
DTC Cable, Inc.
Easton Utilities Commission
Echo Wireless Broadband, Inc.
Egyptian Communications Services Inc.
Emery Telephone dba Emery Telcom
Enduring Internet
ETC Communications, LLC
Etheric Communications LLC
Everstream GLC Holding Company LLC
Falcon Broadband, LLC doing business as StratusIQ
Falcon Internet
Farmers Mutual Coop. Telephone Co. of Moulton IA
Farmers Mutual Cooperative Telephone Company
Farmers Mutual Telephone Company
Farmers Mutual Telephone Company
Farmers Mutual Telephone Company of Stanton, Iowa
FastTrack Communications, Inc.
Federated Telephone Cooperative
FiberLight, LLC
Filer Mutual Telephone Company
Flat Wireless, LLC
Fond du Lac Communications Inc.
Franklin Telephone Co., Inc.
Frontier Communications Corporation, DIP
Frontier Communications Northwest, LLC
FTC Diversified Services, LLC
Fundamental Holdings Corp dba Peak Internet
Fybercom
Gardonville Cooperative Telephone Association
Georgia Communications Corporation
Get Wireless Inc.
GigaBeam Networks, LLC
Glenwood Telephone Company
Grain Communications Opportunity Fund II, L.P.
Grand Mound Cooperative Telephone Association
Grase Communications LLC
Great Plains Consortium
Green Hills Telephone Corporation
H&B Communications, Inc.
Haefele TV Inc.
Halstad Telephone Company
Hamilton County Telephone Co-op
Hamilton Long Distance Company
Hancel, Inc.
Hankins Information Technology
Hartington Telecommunications Co., Inc.
Hawaii Dialogix Telecom LLC
Hayneville Fiber Transport, Inc.
Heart of Iowa Communications Cooperative
Heart of the Catskills Comm. Inc., dba MTC Cable
Hill Country Telecommunications, LLC
Hilliary Communications Consortium
Hillsboro Telephone Company, Inc.
Home Communications, Inc.
Home Telephone ILEC, LLC
HomeTown Broadband, Inc.
Hood Canal Telephone Co., Inc.
Horizon Communications, Inc.
Horizon Telcom
Horry Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Hotwire Communications, Ltd
Hughes Network Systems, LLC
Huxley Communications Cooperative
IdeaTek Telcom, LLC
ImOn Communications
Inland Cellular LLC
Insight Technologies DBA Readitech IT Solutions
IVS Comm Inc
John R Guzzo, LLC d/b/a Hudson Valley Wireless
Joink, LLC
Kalona Cooperative Telephone Co.
KanOkla Telephone Association
KEPS Technologies, Inc. d/b/a ACD.net
Kingdom Telecommunications, Inc.
Lafayette Consolidated Government/LUS Fiber
Lakeland Communications Group, LLC
Leap Communications, LLC
Lennon Telephone Company
LICT Corporation
LigTel Communications, Inc.
Lincolnville Communications
Local Internet Service Company, Inc.
Logan Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Lower Sioux Indian Community
LR Communications, Inc.
LTD Broadband LLC
Mark Twain Communications Company
Marne & Elk Horn Telephone Company
Marquette-Adams Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Martell Enterprise Inc.
Massena Telephone Company, Inc.
MCC Network Services, LLC
Mediacom Communications Corporation
MEI Telecom, Inc.
Mercury Wireless, Inc.
Metro Fibernet, LLC
Micrologic Inc.
Midcontinent Communications
Miles Communications LLC
Minnesota Connections c/o Consolidated Tel Company
Mohave Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Molalla Telephone Company
Monitor Cooperative Telephone Company
Montana Internet Corporation
Moundridge Telephone Company
Mountain View Telephone Company
Mountain West Technologies Corporation
Muscatine Power and Water
MyServer.org, Inc dba San Diego Broadband
NBVDS Investment, L.L.C.
NE Colorado Cellular, Inc.
NEIT Services, LLC
Net Ops Communications, LLC
New Windsor Cable TV, Inc.
Newbreak Management, LLC
Newport Utilities
NexGenAccess Incorporated
NexTier Consortium
NMSURF, Inc.
Northeast Missouri Rural Telephone Company
Northern Arapaho Tribal Industries
Northern Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Northwest Communications, Inc.
Northwoods Communication Technologies, LLC
Norvado, Inc.
Nova Cablevision, Inc
NRTC Phase I RDOF Consortium
NTS Communications, LLC
Nuvera Communications, Inc.
One Point Technologies Inc.
One Ring Networks, Inc.
Osage Innovative Solutions, LLC
Palmetto Telephone Communications, LLC
Panhandle Telecommunication Systems, Inc.
Pathway Com-Tel, Inc.
Pathwayz Communications Inc.
Paul Bunyan Rural Telephone Cooperative
Pembroke Telephone Company, Inc.
Peoples Communication, LLC
Peoples Telecom, LLC
Pine Belt Communications, Inc.
Pine Cellular Phones, Inc.
Pinpoint Bidding Coalition
Pioneer Long Distance, Inc.
Pioneer Wireless, Inc
Plains Internet, LLC
Planters Communications, LLC
Plateau Telecommunications, Incorporated
PocketiNet Communications, Inc.
Point Broadband Fiber Holding, LLC
Poka Lambro Telecommunications, Ltd.
Ponderosa Communications, Inc.
Premier Point
Prospero Broadband Consortium
Public Service Telephone Company
Pueblo of Jemez
Pulaski White Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
PVT NetWorks, Inc.
QCOL, Inc.
Quantum Telecommunications, Inc.
Rainbow Communications LLC
RC Technologies
RDOF USA Consortium
Redzone Wireless, LLC
Reedsburg Utility Commission
Reservation Telephone Cooperative
Resound Networks, LLC
RHMD, LLC
Rivers High Group
Rocket Connect LLC
Rockwell Cooperative Telephone Association
Ronan Telephone Company
Roseau Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Rowe Wireless Networks LLC
Rural American Broadband Consortium
Rural Electric Cooperative Consortium
Sac County Mutual Telephone Company
Safelink Internet LLC
Salina Spavinaw Telephone Co., Inc.
San Bruno CityNet Services
Sandhill Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
SandyNet Rural Broadband
Santa Rosa Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Savage Communications
Scott County Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Scranton Telephone Company
Segnem Egere Consortium
Shenandoah Cable Television, LLC
Sierra Nevada Communications
Simple Networks Systems LLC
Siuslaw Broadband, LLC dba Hyak Technologies
Siyeh Communications
Skybeam, LLC
Skyrunner, Inc.
Skywave Wireless, Inc.
SLIC Network Solutions, Inc.
Socket Telecom, LLC
Somerset Telephone Co., Inc.
Sound Internet Services, Inc.
South Arkansas Telephone Company
South Central Telcom LLC
South Central Utah Telephone Association, Inc.
South Central Wireless, Inc.
South Valley Internet Inc.
Southern Montana Telephone Company (SMTC)
Southwest Arkansas Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Southwest Minnesota Broadband Services
Southwest Texas Telephone Company
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX)
Spiral Communications, LLC
Spring City Cable TV, Inc.
Spring Grove Communications
Springport Telephone Company
St Paul Cooperative Telephone Association
St. John Telco
Standing Rock Telecommunications
StarVision, Inc.
Steelville Telephone Exchange Inc.
Surf Air Wireless, LLC
Surfnet Communications
Sycamore Telephone Company
Talkie Communications, Inc.
Taylor Telephone Coop., Inc. dba Taylor Telecom
Tekstar Communications, Inc. dba Arvig
Tennessee Cooperative Group Consortium
Terral Telephone Company
The Champaign Telephone Company
ThinkBig Networks, LLC
Tilson Technology Management, Inc.
Totah Communications, Inc.
Tri County Telephone Association, Inc.
Triangle Communication Systems, Inc.
TruVista Communications, Inc.
Uintah Basin Electronic Telecommunications, L.L.C.
Ultimate Internet Access, Inc.
Unified Communications Inc.
Union Telephone Company
United States Cellular Corporation
United Wireless Communications, Inc.
Upsala Cooperative Telephone Association dba Sytek
Valley Communications Association, LLC
Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc
Valliant Telephone Company
Vantage Telecom, LLC
Varnet, Inc. dba Varcomm Broadband
Velocity.Net Communications, Inc.
Verizon Communications Inc.
Viasat, Inc.
Visionary Communications, Inc.
VTel Wireless, Inc.
W. T. Services, Inc.
Wabash Communications, Inc.
Warm Springs Telecommunications Company
WC Fiber, LLC
West River Telecommunications Cooperative
West Wisconsin Telcom Coop, Inc.
Western Iowa Wireless
Wheat State Telephone, Inc.
Wiggins Telephone Association
Wikstrom Telephone Company
Wildstar
Wilkes Telephone Membership Corporation
Wilson Creek Communications, LLC
Windstream Services LLC, Debtor-In-Possession
Winnebago Cooperative Telecom Association
Wisper-CABO 904 Consortium
Wittenberg Telephone Company
Wood County Telephone Company d/b/a Solarus
Woodstock Telephone Co.
Worldwide Technologies, Inc.
WTC Communications, Inc.
XIT Telecommunication & Technology
XL Broadband, Inc.
Yadkin Valley Telephone Membership Corporation
yondoo Broadband LLC
Yucca Telecommunications Systems, Inc.
Zinnia Networks Inc.
Zirkel Wireless, LLC
Zito West Holding, LLC
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[1] 386 Applicants Qualified To Bid In The Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase I Auction (Auction 904); Bidding To Begin On October 29, 2020; AU Docket No. 20-34, WC Docket No. 19-126, WC Docket No. 10-90, Public Notice, DA 20-1187 (October 13, 2020), https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-20-1187A1.pdf.
