Radius Capital makes venture and private equity investments in the telecom, tech, and space sectors. We focus on “network edge” infrastructure and applications.
COVID 19 Highlights Homework Gap - 6 to 12 million K-12 schoolchildren who don't have residential broadband. Gap becoming more critical as classes migrate online.
#broadband#ruralbroadband#digitaldivide#education#Qualcomm#FCC
https://t.co/bLmm2JcTMu
5G Fund for Rural America Vote on April 23
Fund plans multi-round reverse auctions to distribute up to $9 B in two phases to bring 5G service to rural areas, including $1 B for Precision Ag.
#broadband#digitaldivide#ruralbroadband#precisionagriculture
A study from Purdue University shows every dollar spent on #ruralbroadband infrastructure returns four back in economic prosperity: Broadband Investment Can Spur Economic Development | News - Indiana Public Media https://t.co/8HshRUd7Ut
Great first step. Now find a way to award the funds so they have the highest benefit, not just go to big telcos who connect one home per census block.
House Democrats Unveil $760B Infrastructure Plan https://t.co/JKCcKMyTWx
#broadband#ruralbroadband#networkedge#digitaldivide
Microsoft’s Airband Initiative is helping to close the broadband gap through partnerships with internet providers and manufacturers around the country. Check out Steve Sturgis’ story from Eastville, VA: https://t.co/jAUU95H8cs
#USTelecomInfrastructureCrisis dateline California: "We have large portions in every geographic area, especially rural California, that don’t have access...you need access to current technologies at the speed the world is moving." https://t.co/Dgjhv2ykS9
Building the Future: Rural Infrastructure & Regional Economic Development – Libro Professorship in Regional Economic Development https://t.co/Qabffuuw3C
Recently, the @FCC announced that New York is not eligible for $16 billion in broadband grant funding through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund. I led a letter of 22 bipartisan members of the NY delegation to get answers: https://t.co/qtBjzdS4pV
Neighbors just down the road or around the bend have landline Internet but you don't? Your problem may be called "rural broadband" but in fact you've been redlined.