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.