The seven-member committee created by the Burlington City Council in late December to assess Burlington Telecom's financial health and prospects, held its third meeting Tuesday and voted unanimously to hire two expert consulting companies. The committee made clear it intends to make arrangements with Stratum Broadband of Medway, Mass., and Hiawatha Broadband Communications of Winona, Minn., to begin their work as soon as possible. The committee, whose recommendations will likely determine BT's future, amended its schedule and, with the consultants settled on, intends to provide the full council with a picture of BT's viability by Jan. 29. ...Read Full Article...

United States Virgin Islands (January 3, 2010) - Governor John P. deJongh, Jr. said this weekend that the Virgin Islands has been awarded approximately $1.4 million from the National Telecommunications Information Administration of the Department of Commerce under their Broadband Technologies Opportunity Program (BTOP). The monies will fund mapping of the territory’s existing broadband network and funding for planning the expansion of the territory’s telecommunications facilities.

“This competitive federal stimulus grant award will allow us to begin the process that will result in our being able to provide reliable broadband services to the territory’s residents and businesses. This is a key initiative towards bringing the critical infrastructure to further spur economic growth in the territory and enable our community to participate in communications and internet worlds without limitation,” deJongh said. » Read More

PLATTSBURGH, NY (October 10, 2007) – A consultant’s report recommends the construction of a fiber optic and wireless broadband network for Clinton, Essex, and Franklin counties that would be a wholesale “carrier's carrier,” providing open services broadband transport for existing and new broadband providers. It would not provide retail services to end users. The research project was funded by federal grants through the offices of Senator Hillary Clinton and Congressman John McHugh.

The report, commissioned by the Research Foundation of SUNY on behalf of the CBN Connect (community broadband network) Advisory Board, and conducted by Stratum Broadband and Xit Telecom, provides market research and needs analysis for the CBN Connect project. » Read More

An article at thepheonix.com by Matt Jerzyk explores the economic and political impact of the state-wide RIWINs wireless program in Rhode Island. » Read More

The Business Innovation Factory today announced its plans for statewide rollout of the Rhode Island Wireless Innovation Networks (RI-WINs), an effort to make Rhode Island the first state in the country with a border-to-border broadband network. » Read More

A study of state and local government technology concludes that Rhode Island leads the nation in wireless-networks investment. » Read More

Stratum Broadband will assist RPM, an information technology consulting group, with a wireless feasibility study for the City of Springfield, Massachusetts. » Read More

John Reynolds, Partner in Stratum Broadband, spoke at the Johnson School of Business at Cornell University about building sustainable open community broadband networks.

The Business Innovation Factory (BIF) announced today that its member IBM will expand its role in the Rhode Island Wireless Innovation Networks (RI-WINs). » Read More

Clarian Health Partners of Cincinnati, Ohio selected the Mobile Access Universal Wireless Network to extend their wireless coverage.

John Foresto, Managing Partner Stratum Broadband sat on the Technology Roadmap Panel at the W2i Digital Cities Convention in San Fransisco, California. » Read More