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Winstream submits application for USD 523 million from FCC rural digital fund

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US operatorWindstream said it has submitted an application to receive USD 523 million from the FCC's Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) Phase I auction, with the goal of bringing FTTH to almost 200,000 locations in 18 states over 10 years. Jeff Small, president of Windstream's Kinetic business unit, said the money would help the company to bring gigabit-speed broadband to rural communities too expensive to serve without a public-private partnership.

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