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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
AARP Maine eyes expanded broadband, worker-savings legislation
January 7, 2021Over 235,000 Mainers have no access to a retirement savings program through their employer. Legislation would provide a savings option for these workers through a public-private partnership.
January 7, 2021Redzone completes broadband buildout for students, adds communities
January 7, 2021Recently completed work includes the construction of towers in Buckfield, Charleston, Dexter and Dresden, as well as upgrades in a dozen other Maine communities.
January 7, 2021
2021 forecast for Maine's broadband industry: Poised for rural expansion
Updated: January 11, 2021Remote technology has its limitations in a state like Maine, where a broadband connection simply isn't available in some rural areas. The state is scrambling to fill the digital divide.
Updated: January 11, 2021
Portland-based Tilson gets $3.7M to expand broadband in rural Vermont
Updated: November 5, 2020The funds, awarded through two state initiatives, are targeted at locations needing broadband service for remote learning and for accessing telehealth resources.
Updated: November 5, 2020
Giving Notebook: MCF awards broadband grants, credit union helps cancer patients
Updated: October 26, 2020The Maine Community Foundation has awarded more than $117,000 in grants to improve high-speed internet access, while Town & Country Federal Credit Union and Maine Cancer Foundation are teaming up to provide $40,000 to cancer patients affected by
Updated: October 26, 2020
SaviLinx expands footprint as hiring spree continues
Updated: September 24, 2020The Brunswick-based call center business now has locations in Caribou and in Lawrence, Mass., and is looking to hire at all locations with more than 800 jobs to fill.
Updated: September 24, 2020
King sees telehealth as 'real shift,' opportunity for Maine
Updated: September 23, 2020In a Q&A with Mainebiz, U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, shares his thoughts on the growing telehealth trend and how Maine can attract more innovative companies to the fast-growing niche.
Updated: September 23, 2020
Maine's first responder communications network to get upgrade
Updated: September 10, 2020New, purpose-built FirstNet cell sites will be built for first responders in Aroostook, Penobscot, Oxford, Somerset, Hancock, Kennebec and Knox counties.
Updated: September 10, 2020
Fast-growing Tilson promotes Kelly Brewer to COO
August 18, 2020In her new role, Kelly Brewer will lead Tilson’s ongoing operational growth and oversee more than 500 professionals nationwide.
August 18, 2020
Biddeford broadband carrier joins growing ranks of Maine's B Corps
Updated: August 11, 2020With GWI in Biddeford, Maine now has nine B Corps, which are certified for meeting high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and legal accountability. More B Corps in the state are expected soon.
Updated: August 11, 2020
New survey boosts case for working remotely in Vacationland
Updated: August 6, 2020A survey by Live+Work in Maine shows the number of people at jobs in Maine for out-of-state employers is surprisingly large, boosting the case for Maine as a remote-working destination.
Updated: August 6, 2020Telecom provider with Bangor, New Gloucester bases will be acquired for $106M
July 28, 2020Otelco Inc., which provides wireline voice and data services in rural areas including Maine, has agreed to be purchased by a private equity firm. The deal includes assumption of Otelco's outstanding debt.
July 28, 2020
Remote work plus staycation add up to a ‘workcation’ in Lakes Region
Updated: June 30, 2020The idea of a “staycation” has been around a while, and remote work is more popular than ever because of the pandemic. A Poland innkeeper has combined the two to come up with a package he’s marketing as a "workcation."
Updated: June 30, 2020
Tyler Tech names 2020 Maine App Challenge winners
Updated: June 24, 2020Tyler Technologies, which employs 940 people in Maine, said it received a record number of applications for this year's competition, which awarded $10,000 in college scholarship money to the winners.
Updated: June 24, 2020
Redzone targets three Maine towns for broadband expansion
June 18, 2020The Rockland-based broadband services company established three new fixed wireless network sites, bringing broadband access to 7,400 new households and 900 previously unserved locations.
June 18, 2020
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