Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Open range to deploy rural WiMax network :: Cable360

May 27, 2009

Well before the election of Barack Obama as president and the initiation of a national broadband stimulus plan, a Denver-based wireless broadband provider, Open Range Communications, was quietly working to deploy a major broadband network.

In March 2008, the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Development Utilities Program (RDUP) approved a $267 million loan for Open Range with the stipulation that private financing also be secured, according to an Open Range statement...