Small, rural, community-based communications providers are a class apart, with unique operating environments, business and regulatory issues and emerging market opportunities. And, rural carriers are being buffeted by the winds of change: with the new National Broadband Plan and Connect America Fund at the FCC; changing rules and regulations at the RUS; and a new outlook from traditional lending sources.
Telecom ThinkTank brings decades of industry experience to assist small rural providers make the most of those opportunities. We focus our team of Executive Affiliates into areas of critical importance to rural service providers:
Network Technology assessment – analysis of suitability of new technologies for your networks and serving areas
• Access Networks – FTTX/FTTH, service bundles, subscriber acquisition
Marketing Support – proven tactics to improve broadband and video market share and revenue per subscriber in your environment
• Broadband Access, Video, OTT, Home Security, Remote Storage
Regulatory and Policy Counseling – Staying ahead of new procedures and changing rules and policies at the FCC and Rural Utility Services
• FCC Connect America Fund
• National Broadband Plan
• RUS Buy American Rules & Procedures
Cloud Services – New revenue opportunities
• Cloud computing, Cloud storage, and other Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) offerings
• Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) development tools for customers
• Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications
