The State of Maryland’s One Maryland Broadband Network today received one of the largest Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) grants ever awarded. The $115 million in federal funding, with $40 million in matching contributions from the state and a range of local jurisdictions, will enable the construction of an interconnected fiber-optic broadband network that will […]
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Broadband Properties magazine named CTC Technology & Energy to its annual Top 100 list, which honors companies that have made significant contributions to “building the fiber-connected community.” CTC joins Google as one of 12 new additions to the list. […]
The District of Columbia today became the first major city in the country to receive two Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) grants. Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the District will receive funding for the D.C. Community Access Network (DC-CAN) infrastructure initiative and an extensive public computer center project. CTC Technology & Energy […]
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Crown Fibre Holdings, representing the Government of New Zealand, has selected CTC Technology & Energy to provide technical consulting on its national Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB) initiative. Dr. Andrew Afflerbach, CTC Director of Engineering, will lead a team that develops a fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) architecture for the UFB project and provides strategic guidance on a range of […]
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Speaking on a panel at the Building the Broadband Economy (BBE) 2010 conference in New York today, CTC president Joanne Hovis discussed how information and communications technology (ICT) is supporting educational achievement. Ms. Hovis joined many other notable speakers at the event, which focused on “The Education Last Mile: Closing the Gap from School to Work.” The […]
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CTC Technology & Energy principal analyst Ron Holcomb presented today on “Smart Grid — The Killer Ap” at FiberFete, an event that brought together Internet and technology leaders from around the world to discuss “the development potential of fiber-powered communities.” (A video of Ron’s presentation is available here.) Prior to joining CTC, Ron provided executive leadership to […]
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CTC President Joanne Hovis has joined the Board of Directors of the Benton Foundation at the request of Charles Benton, the foundation’s chairman and CEO. The Benton Foundation works to ensure that media and telecommunications serve the public interest and enhance our democracy. It pursues this mission by seeking policy solutions that support the values of […]
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CTC Technology & Energy and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) have launched a survey of broadband speeds and costs available to the nation’s small businesses. The market research is one part of a project the SBA awarded CTC to evaluate the impact of broadband speed and price on small businesses. Working with the SBA […]
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CTC Technology & Energy is proud to have been part of the teams that developed the successful Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) grant applications for OpenCape Corporation and Urbana-Champaign Big Broadband (UC2B). Both organizations received middle-mile infrastructure awards in the first round of broadband stimulus funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The […]
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CTC Technology & Energy president Joanne Hovis has been named to the global advisory board of FiberFete, an April 2010 event that “will bring Internet innovators from around the world to meet with local leaders for three days of discussion, learning and fun in Lafayette, Louisiana, a fiber-powered city in the heart of Cajun country.” Ms. […]
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