Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Support for 88 Winning Bids Ready to be Authorized

The Federal Communications Commission's Rural Broadband Auctions Task Force (RBATF), Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB or Bureau), and the Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA) announce they are ready to authorize Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (Auction 904) support for 88 more Auction 904 winning bids. Cyber Broadband will provide service in Alabama. And North Texas Fiber will offer service in Texas. In addition, several winning bidders have notified the FCC that they do not intend to pursue some or all of their winning bids. Farmers Mutual Cooperative Telephone Company is pulling back in Iowa. GigaBeam Networks will not pursue support in two small areas of West Virginia. Newport Utilities reconsidered areas of Tennessee. The Terral Telephone Company will not follow up on bids in Oklahoma. Trailwave Fiber is retreating in Georgia.