CTC Technology & Energy

Working with the New Mexico Public School Facilities Authority (NMPSFA), CTC is developing a range of strategic options for connecting every public school in New Mexico with adequate broadband. The project, which kicked off in spring, includes both engineering and business planning on a statewide basis. When the project is complete, NMPSFA will have recommendations […]

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Broadband Communities Magazine named CTC Technology and Energy to its annual Fiber-to-the-Home Top 100 List of companies. The list commends various types of companies within the broadband community for being “leaders and innovators in the fiber-to-the-home arena”. CTC was named in the “network planning, design, engineering, construction, installation” category. This is CTC’s sixth time on this list. See the […]

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The City of Alexandria, Virginia today released a request for information (RFI) to identify for-profit and non-profit entities interested in partnering with the City on two complementary broadband projects. The City is exploring the construction of a fiber backbone to serve local government, schools, libraries, and public safety agencies—and is also investigating the feasibility of […]

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The City of Santa Cruz, California awarded CTC a contract to provide strategic guidance, prepare cost analysis, and assist the City as it pursues a possible Gigabit fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network deployment. The CTC team will provide technical, business, and financial guidance, and will examine the potential for a public–private partnership model to meet the City’s FTTP […]

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CTC President Joanne Hovis is presenting a series of workshops on the federal E-Rate program to members of the Tennessee Valley Public Power Association (TVPPA). The workshops—in Chattanooga, Huntsville, Knoxville, and three other cities—will explore the opportunities created by the FCC’s decision in December to increase the E-rate program budget by $15 billion over the […]

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Owensboro Municipal Utilities (OMU) has awarded CTC a contract to evaluate and provide guidance on OMU’s advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) needs. CTC will provide strategic support, and develop a cost benefit and valuation analysis. Led by Principal Engineer and Analyst Tom Asp, the CTC team will guide OMU in development and management of a request for […]

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CTC Principal Engineer and Analyst Tom Asp will continue to lead CTC’s effort working with the North Attleborough Electric Department (NAED) on the next phase of its fiber feasibility study. CTC was awarded the NAED phase one contract in August 2014 to develop a communications system strategy. In phase two, the CTC team will refine the […]

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CTC President Joanne Hovis is an invited presenter at the Colorado Municipal League’s annual conference in Breckenridge this week. Speaking on the topic “Making Municipal Broadband a Reality,” Ms. Hovis will offer insight and practical guidance on the steps localities can take to create sustainable business plans for their community broadband initiatives. […]

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The City of Seattle released a report prepared by CTC exploring the potential for successful municipal fiber deployment. The City commissioned the Fiber-to-the-Premises Feasibility Study in late 2014 as one component of Mayor Murray’s Broadband Initiative. Read the full report here. […]

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The Aspen Institute has released its 2014 Communications Policy Report. CTC Technology & Energy President Joanne Hovis contributed to the The Atomic Age of Data: Policies for the Internet of Things in August 2014, through her attendance at the twenty-ninth annual Aspen Institute Conference on Communications Policy. The report includes communications policy insights and recommendations from a range of […]

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