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Houlton firm gets $5.5M to expand rural broadband
Updated: October 27, 2021Pioneer Broadband, which currently serves nearly 6,000 subscribers, will use the funding to expand affordable, high-speed reliable broadband connections to more than 1,600 households in northern Maine.
Updated: October 27, 2021
On the Record: In the broadband business and in the broader world, Kerem Durdag is all about access
Updated: October 18, 2021The president and COO of Great Works Internet, a Biddeford-based broadband carrier, talks with Mainebiz about the lessons he's learned as a business leader, an angel investor and an immigrant, and how they shape his work today.
Updated: October 18, 2021
Maine Public buys Portland waterfront property for $10.8M, plans eventual move
October 4, 2021High visibility, access to transportation, and the chance to build and own a modern facility were top reasons for Maine Public’s purchase of a Portland waterfront building and parking lot. The plan is to build a new facility on the lot and sell the
October 4, 2021
Portland-based Tilson makes work-from-home a permanent option
Updated: September 9, 2021But the network deployment and IT professional services provider intends to keep its Portland headquarters building for those who prefer working in the office, according to CEO Joshua Broder.
Updated: September 9, 2021
Maine to get $128M in fed relief to expand broadband
Updated: September 7, 2021"This federal broadband funding will be game changing for rural Maine, and will bring globally competitive broadband to tens of thousands of Mainers," Tilson CEO Joshua Broder told Mainebiz.
Updated: September 7, 2021
Proposed 300-foot cell tower near Rangeley draws criticism after earlier failed attempt
Updated: September 7, 2021Two years after a smaller wireless communications tower was proposed by a Portland contractor — and ultimately rejected by the Land Use Planning Commission — a new plan is in the works.
Updated: September 7, 2021
Consolidated Communications unions approve contract, averting potential strike
Updated: August 23, 2021“This contract will ensure workers are compensated fairly and that customers in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont receive fast, reliable, broadband Internet built and installed with skilled union labor,” said a representative from one of the the four
Updated: August 23, 2021
Maine delegation urges preservation of statewide 207 area code
Updated: August 13, 2021"We believe Maine is in a position to trial number organization strategies and prevent the exhaustion of area code 207," the four lawmakers argue in a letter to the FCC's acting chairwoman.
Updated: August 13, 2021Maine regulator opens probe into Verizon's phone numbering practices
August 3, 2021Months after an analysis concluded that Maine's "207" area could could be exhausted by the fourth quarter of 2024, the state's utilities regulator said it has reason to question Verizon's forecasting process for numbering resources.
August 3, 2021
With Connectivity Authority's first board sworn in, it prepares to tackle broadband access gap
July 22, 2021The quasi-public independent agency represents an ambitious push to address broadband infrastructure and affordability, and a different approach than what the state has taken in its 15-year effort to expand service in Maine under the ConnectME
July 22, 2021OTELCO plans $33M fiber communications build-out in 16 Maine communities
July 2, 2021The two-phase project will add fiber-to-the-premise service to over 52,000 locations, and is expected to be complete by early 2022.
July 2, 2021
Former law firm CEO Patrick Scully sworn in as member of Maine PUC
June 9, 2021Scully, who retired from Bernstein Shur in 2019 after a 35-year career, has pledged to make the work of the three-member regulatory panel "even more transparent."
June 9, 2021
Portland building anchored by Consolidated Communications sells for $11.75M
May 9, 2021Originally developed for Northern New England Telephone Co., offers came from throughout the country. The buyer was willing to tour the property early, an important consideration for their selection.
May 9, 2021
Key takeaways for Maine businesses in the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill
March 11, 2021The American Rescue Plan passed by the House on Wednesday includes funding for the broadband industry, restaurants and live entertainment venues, among other businesses targeted for relief.
March 11, 2021
Ask ACE: How to get in step with the remotely working world
Updated: June 16, 2022An expert from the Association for Consulting Expertise responds to a reader's question about how to keep pace in the new virtual working environment, especially when it comes to the day-to-day, personal interactions of a brick-and-mortar workplace.
Updated: June 16, 2022
Q&A: How broadband demand spurred growth of network mapping service
Updated: February 2, 2021Since raising $1 million in 2017, business at VETRO FiberMap has snowballed, serving customers around the world. In 2020, as the need for internet access skyrocketed, VETRO raised $2.5 million and is expanding its technical team.
Updated: February 2, 2021
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