Archive for the ‘Smart Grids’ Category
by Ed GubbinsJanuary 15th, 2010
The NTIA and RUS are issuing separate rules for the second round of broadband stimulus funding, worth $4.8 billion.
The NTIA is allocating $2.6 billion in funding during the next round, of which $2.35 billion will go to infrastructure projects, with a focus on what the NTIA calls “comprehensive community” proposals: “middle-mile broadband projects that connect key community anchor institutions – such as libraries, hospitals, community colleges, universities, and public safety institutions,” the NTIA said.
RUS, meanwhile, will distribute $2.2 billion, with a focus on last-mile projects. It will also add “support” for satellite-based proposals, but only in areas that are left unserved after other funds are awarded. (more…)
Related Topics: Broadband Stimulus, Broadband/FTTX, Community, Connected homes, Distance learning, E-Government, Independent, Residential Services, Smart Grids, Telecom Jobs |
by Ed GubbinsDecember 17th, 2009
Vice President Joe Biden announced the recipients of the first $182 million in broadband stimulus grants today (just 9% of the first round of funding and 2% of the overall total) in Dawsonville, Ga.
The 18 projects included in the winners being announced today will benefit 17 states and have already been matched by more than $46 million in private funding, the White House said.
UPDATE: The full list of recipients announced today is available here.
Though the administrators of the program promised to announce the first round of winners this month, the White House said today those announcements — pertaining to $2 billion in awards — will be spread out over the next 75 days. Of the $182 million in funds being announced today, $129 million will come from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and $54 million will come from the Rural Utilities Service.
The awards announced today include: (more…)
Related Topics: All Stories, Broadband/FTTX, IP/NGN, Independent, Residential Services, Smart Grids, Telecom Jobs, WiMAX |
by Sarah ReedyNovember 2nd, 2009
Receiving nearly $16 million in smart grid stimulus funding was certainly a boon to the New Hampshire Electric Cooperative, as it was to the other 99 recipients, but the funding had a different meaning for this New Hampshire-based utility. It is owed $400,000 from Fairpoint Communications, the area’s main telco, which is busy wading through bankruptcy. (more…)
Related Topics: All Stories, Broadband Stimulus, Broadband/FTTX, Business Services, Regulation, Residential Services, Smart Grids |
by Sarah ReedyOctober 27th, 2009
To the applause of many key stakeholders, the Department of Energy will today unveil the recipients of $3.4 billion in stimulus grants for 100 smart grid projects. The grants will range from $400,000 to $200 million to fund 25 large and 75 small utility and state projects across 49 states. The money is meant to enable a complete grid overhaul, as well as create tens of thousands of jobs. (more…)
Related Topics: 3G/4G, All Stories, Broadband Stimulus, Broadband/FTTX, Business Services, Mobile Apps, Regulation, Residential Services, Service Delivery, Smart Grids |
by Sarah ReedySeptember 25th, 2009
This week I attend my first Grid Week conference in Washington D.C., but I wasn’t the only newbie there. In contrast to most telecom trade shows this year, this jam-packed conference, in its third year of existence, sold out. The mostly vendor-driven show did have one important (at least to Connected Planet) segment missing, however – telecom service providers. (more…)
Related Topics: 3G/4G, All Stories, Global, Regulation, Residential Services, Service Delivery, Smart Grids |
by Sarah ReedySeptember 22nd, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. – AT&T (NYSE:T), like most telecom service providers, has gotten a foothold in the smart grid market by offering up its network to utilities seeking two-way communication with their customers. Today most deals stop at the network, but AT&T is realizing that the real market opportunity could come from providing services on top of the network to their utility customers. (more…)
Related Topics: All Stories, Residential Services, Service Delivery, Smart Grids |
by Sarah ReedySeptember 15th, 2009
One of the biggest drivers for smart grid deployments has been the cost savings it can bring both utilities and their customers, but this requires new methods of data management, new customer options and a new method of billing. To address this need, third largest US electric company and smart grid pioneer Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) today added Convergys (NYSE: CVG) to its growing list of partners. Convergys will provide Duke with smart grid billing and customer management. (more…)
Related Topics: All Stories, BSS/OSS, Broadband Stimulus, Residential Services, Service Delivery, Smart Grids |
by Kevin FitchardSeptember 1st, 2009
The M2M partnerships keep rolling in. After a summer that saw AT&T (NYSE:T) partner with Jasper Wireless and Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ, NYSE:VOD) and Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) form a joint venture to target the mobile telematics market, Sprint (NYSE:S) kicked off by announcing a multi-year partnership with M2M DataSmart, a machine-to-machine service aggregator that specializes in tailoring airtime plans for start-ups with new and unique applications. (more…)
Related Topics: 3G/4G, All Stories, Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC), Mobile Apps, Smart Grids, Wireless |
