To kick off 2024, Visit NC’s public relations team and its PR agency, DCI, will discuss trends they are seeing for the new year during a webinar on Thursday, January 11. The webinar also will include a look at the impact AI may have on the field, how to get ahead of the game related…Read More from Visit NC’s January 2024 webinar looks at public relations trends for the new year
A new survey details the growing dependence on internet services and continued frustrations experienced by consumers in the U.S. concerning the cost and availability of broadband services. This October, Consumer Reports conducted a nationally representative multi-mode survey of 2,087 U.S. adults administered by NORC at the University of Chicago. The omnibus survey included a section which…Read More from 78% of Americans think internet access is as critical as other basic utilities
The federal government this week released a proposed sale notice for mid-Atlantic lease areas off the coasts of Delaware and Virginia. The Bureau of Ocean Management, or BOEM, plans to hold a lease sale for two previously identified wind energy areas, including one a little more than 40 miles off Virginia’s coast. This area includes 176,505 acres…Read More from Mid-Atlantic wind fields off Virginia, Delaware to go up for lease
Rose Acre Farms is the second-largest egg producer in the country and has partnered with Tideland Electric Membership Corporation to create a “microgrid.” This looks like one of the larger solar farms you pass on rural roads, but much more complex, and the complexity is the story. Click to read more of Dan Barkin’s story…Read More from Business NC: Electric company partners with Hyde County egg farm on solar project
A team of North Carolina scientists and researchers have less than two years to develop a proposal that will convince the National Science Foundation that eastern North Carolina is ripe to become an engine of innovative ecosystem technology that could advance a new workforce and a resilient and sustainable economy. If the North Carolina Ecosystem Technology,…Read More from Coastal Review: Grant could spur coastal eco-tech hub similar to Triangle
The Fiber Broadband Association has announced that College of The Albemarle is the latest education institution to offer FBA’s Optical Telecom Installer Certification (OpTIC Path™) program starting in February 2024. Partnering with broadband internet provider Fybe, the two organizations will leverage the OpTIC Path course to produce a pipeline of expertly-trained fiber broadband technicians that…Read More from OpTIC Path fiber technician training program coming to College of the Albemarle in Feb. 2024
Brightspeed’s origin story isn’t typical for the telecom industry – at least not for a company of its size. As the company’s new CEO Tom Maguire explained in an interview with Telecompetitor, it all started when Apollo Global Management approached Maguire’s colleague, Bob Mudge, with an investment premise that Apollo wanted to test. Apollo negotiated…Read More from Brightspeed’s new CEO shares origin story and how company plans to invest $2 billion on its network
The next time there’s a communications outage that affects the southern Outer Banks, the Hatteras Island Community Emergency Response Team (HI CERT) will be ready. For the bulk of 2023, the non-profit organization has been working on a new initiative to provide communication stations at strategic points throughout the island. Founded in 2011 after Hurricane…Read More from Hatteras Island will have a new way to stay connected during future communication outages, thanks to HI CERT
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper traveled to Washington, D.C. on November 14 to participate in a broadband event hosted by The Pew Charitable Trusts focused on the role of states in achieving universal, affordable broadband access. The same day, Cooper sent a letter in partnership with Gov. Spencer Cox (R-Utah) and co-signed by 24 other…Read More from VIDEO: Gov. Roy Cooper on efforts to bring universal, affordable broadband access to all of North Carolina
Mediacom Communications is offering $60,000 in scholarship support for high school seniors who plan to obtain further education. The scholarship program is in its 23rd consecutive year and Mediacom’s investment will award $1,000 World Class Scholarships to 60 high school seniors. Scholarship recipients are given the flexibility to use the financial awards to support post-secondary…Read More from Mediacom offers $60K in scholarships to high school seniors in their service areas
To kick off 2024, Visit NC’s public relations team and its PR agency, DCI, will discuss trends they are seeing for the new year during a webinar on Thursday, January 11. The webinar also will include a look at the impact AI may have on the field, how to get ahead of the game related…Read More from Visit NC’s January 2024 webinar looks at public relations trends for the new year
A new survey details the growing dependence on internet services and continued frustrations experienced by consumers in the U.S. concerning the cost and availability of broadband services. This October, Consumer Reports conducted a nationally representative multi-mode survey of 2,087 U.S. adults administered by NORC at the University of Chicago. The omnibus survey included a section which…Read More from 78% of Americans think internet access is as critical as other basic utilities
The federal government this week released a proposed sale notice for mid-Atlantic lease areas off the coasts of Delaware and Virginia. The Bureau of Ocean Management, or BOEM, plans to hold a lease sale for two previously identified wind energy areas, including one a little more than 40 miles off Virginia’s coast. This area includes 176,505 acres…Read More from Mid-Atlantic wind fields off Virginia, Delaware to go up for lease
Rose Acre Farms is the second-largest egg producer in the country and has partnered with Tideland Electric Membership Corporation to create a “microgrid.” This looks like one of the larger solar farms you pass on rural roads, but much more complex, and the complexity is the story. Click to read more of Dan Barkin’s story…Read More from Business NC: Electric company partners with Hyde County egg farm on solar project
A team of North Carolina scientists and researchers have less than two years to develop a proposal that will convince the National Science Foundation that eastern North Carolina is ripe to become an engine of innovative ecosystem technology that could advance a new workforce and a resilient and sustainable economy. If the North Carolina Ecosystem Technology,…Read More from Coastal Review: Grant could spur coastal eco-tech hub similar to Triangle
The Fiber Broadband Association has announced that College of The Albemarle is the latest education institution to offer FBA’s Optical Telecom Installer Certification (OpTIC Path™) program starting in February 2024. Partnering with broadband internet provider Fybe, the two organizations will leverage the OpTIC Path course to produce a pipeline of expertly-trained fiber broadband technicians that…Read More from OpTIC Path fiber technician training program coming to College of the Albemarle in Feb. 2024
Brightspeed’s origin story isn’t typical for the telecom industry – at least not for a company of its size. As the company’s new CEO Tom Maguire explained in an interview with Telecompetitor, it all started when Apollo Global Management approached Maguire’s colleague, Bob Mudge, with an investment premise that Apollo wanted to test. Apollo negotiated…Read More from Brightspeed’s new CEO shares origin story and how company plans to invest $2 billion on its network
The next time there’s a communications outage that affects the southern Outer Banks, the Hatteras Island Community Emergency Response Team (HI CERT) will be ready. For the bulk of 2023, the non-profit organization has been working on a new initiative to provide communication stations at strategic points throughout the island. Founded in 2011 after Hurricane…Read More from Hatteras Island will have a new way to stay connected during future communication outages, thanks to HI CERT
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper traveled to Washington, D.C. on November 14 to participate in a broadband event hosted by The Pew Charitable Trusts focused on the role of states in achieving universal, affordable broadband access. The same day, Cooper sent a letter in partnership with Gov. Spencer Cox (R-Utah) and co-signed by 24 other…Read More from VIDEO: Gov. Roy Cooper on efforts to bring universal, affordable broadband access to all of North Carolina
Mediacom Communications is offering $60,000 in scholarship support for high school seniors who plan to obtain further education. The scholarship program is in its 23rd consecutive year and Mediacom’s investment will award $1,000 World Class Scholarships to 60 high school seniors. Scholarship recipients are given the flexibility to use the financial awards to support post-secondary…Read More from Mediacom offers $60K in scholarships to high school seniors in their service areas
