On Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission announced its list of 386 companies that have qualified to bid in the first auction for the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF).
Beginning Oct. 29, the qualified vendors will compete against each other in Phase 1 of the auction to see who will be able to cash-in on the $16 billion, 10-year RDOF program that was designed to build and connect gigabit broadband speeds, along with enabling lower latency, in unserved rural areas.
