Incumbents smart to watch stimulus funding carefully

Incumbents choosing not to participate in the scramble for Broadband Stimulus money still need to pay attention to the process and how money is being awarded, since there is the possibility other entities could apply for, and receive, money to build broadband networks in their footprint.

That’s one conclusion reached by experts in Telephony’s most recent Webcast on the Broadband Stimulus, held Thursday, July 30, and available for replay here. Thomas Cohen, partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, Bob Tupper, consulting engineer with RVW Inc., and John Hoover, senior product manager with Tellabs, which sponsored the event, all encouraged incumbents, including telco, cable and wireless service providers, to pay attention to how stimulus money is being allocated...