by - July 14, 2022 6:01 am
Bentonville nonprofit Heartland Forward has organized a coalition of more than a dozen Arkansas organizations whose goal is to help expand internet access in the state. According to a Thursday…
by - June 26, 2022 2:37 pm
Alan Morse, CEO of Jonesboro-based Ritter Communications, a regional telecom and broadband provider, said Arkansas is well ahead of surrounding states when it comes to investing in high-speed Internet fiber…
by - May 26, 2022 5:29 pm
Diamond State Networks, a coalition of 13 Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, is the newest wholesale broadband provider in the state with the goal of providing high-speed internet access to 1.25 million…
by - December 12, 2021 3:26 pm
Lou McAlister, CEO of Little Rock-based Broadband Development Group, has been tasked by the Arkansas Legislature to help create a master plan for expanding broadband Internet across the state. Already,…
by - November 9, 2021 7:39 am
It seems nearly every day that I hear about the need to improve our state’s broadband infrastructure – especially in rural counties like the ones I represent. That shouldn’t be…
by - September 8, 2021 6:30 am
Windstream will begin construction this month on the first of seven fiber broadband expansion projects that will deliver gigabit-speed internet service to more than 15,100 rural households and small businesses…
by - March 30, 2021 4:08 pm
The COVID-19 pandemic revealed something that economic developers and those who live in rural areas in Arkansas already knew: access to broadband internet in many parts of the state is…
by - September 4, 2020 3:14 pm
Electric cooperatives and their subsidiaries are now eligible to apply for an Arkansas Rural Connect (ARC) grant to build out broadband in rural Arkansas, the Arkansas Department of Commerce announced…
by - August 13, 2020 5:49 pm
Thirty grants of up to $75,000 each are available to help rural Arkansas communities apply for federal grants and loans to make broadband accessible to their residents. The “Rural Broadband…
by - January 21, 2020 11:00 am
The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded $7.1 million for two high-speed broadband projects in north central Arkansas on Tuesday (Jan. 21). The funding is part of the USDA’s ReConnect Pilot…
by - January 5, 2020 9:40 pm
The promise of some portion of $550 million in new federal funding brought together a consortium of state and national broadband leaders in mid-December at the Association of Arkansas Counties…
by - August 6, 2019 3:21 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s plan to improve broadband access to rural areas of the state took another step forward Tuesday (Aug. 6). The governor’s office announced a $25 million state grant…
by - May 15, 2019 7:36 pm
Highways and information superhighways were on the governor’s mind as he spoke to the state’s trucking industry on Wednesday (May 15). Every Arkansas community with more than 500 residents would…
by - May 9, 2019 6:46 pm
Arkansas ranks last in the country in rural broadband access, and a newly released U.S. Department of Agriculture study shows expanded internet access could generate at least $47 billion in…
by - April 26, 2018 7:37 pm
Expanded access to broadband internet is one of the key development issues in the eight state region that is part of the Delta Regional Authority’s coverage area, new DRA federal…
by - April 6, 2018 4:42 pm
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai told reporters in Little Rock Friday (April 6) he supports an “open and free Internet” despite criticism from opponents that the Trump administration’s rollback of net…
by - March 17, 2016 4:24 pm
Ritter Communications Holdings President Alan Morse told a legislative committee Thursday (March 17) that infrastructure has a huge role in the expansion of broadband services, and expansion investment is tough…
by - August 31, 2015 8:03 pm
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently announced that telecom carriers in Arkansas will receive more than $54 million from the Connect America Fund to provide broadband services in rural and…
