Our Solutions

NRTC’s technology focus starts with the members in mind — what they need, what solves their challenges, what will benefit them. More than simply offering access to technology, NRTC designs complete solutions to meet the unique needs of each member. From selection to implementation through on-going operation, our team stands by you to help maximize your technology investment.

We design our solutions to work together for the benefit of our members. Building a communications network that enables electric cooperatives to implement advanced smart grid technologies; mobile solutions that enable broadband providers to offer bundled services; managed services that enable members to operate a reliable and secure network.

Broadband
We help you deliver fast, reliable broadband to all your customers—no matter how remote. From technology evaluation and business modeling to design and engineering and right through construction and daily operations, you’ll get the right model for providing high-speed service.
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Smart Grid
Our goal is to provide the right combination of technologies to assist all functions within a rural distribution cooperative. NRTC solutions make life easier for linemen in the field, technicians remotely monitoring systems or the manager planning deployment and financing.
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Managed Services
Operations, billing, and customer care are vital for success. Many of our members are jumping into telecommunications for the first time, and we understand just how much work it takes to prepare for and successfully operate telecommunications networks. There are a multitude of things a new operator must manage, and we here to help.
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Mobile
Our highly flexible turnkey solution enables operators to enjoy all the advantages of smartphone, tablet, and IOT use on a nationwide 4G LTE/5G cellular network, even in areas where creating a costly wireless infrastructure just isn’t feasible.
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Funding
Federal and State governments are unleashing a tidal wave of grant funding programs to bridge the digital divide. Our funding experts can help you build a competitive, sustainable, low-risk business plan to win funding and provide a better life for your community.
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Marketing
We help our members launch their services, grow their brands, and generate sales with a combo of creativity and tech support. Pivot, an industry-leading marketing and CX agency, crafts standout projects that connect with your audience while CrowdFiber streamlines your growth through an automated geomarketing platform.
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Our People

Always Looking for Ways to Improve

Improving our member experience through their technology deployment and operations is one of NRTC’s primary goals. It’s always a plus to find practices that improve efficiency because anything that makes our tasks more efficient usually ends up benefiting our members. Take, for example, the latest endeavor by NRTC Operations Manager Eve Tapscott.

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The Latest News and Events

NRTC Annual Meeting, Mobile Bundling Session at RTIME San Antonio

Curtis Knobloch, president of NRTC Mobile Solutions, will be one of the speakers at a Feb. 25 session covering mobile bundling solutions. The session is part of the agenda for NTCA’s RTIME 2025 conference and expo. Also on Feb. 25 at RTIME, NRTC will hold its annual meeting for telephone members.
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CrowdFiber Working Closely With Members to Perfect CrowdControl

NRTC’s CrowdFiber is working with members to develop the final details of its CrowdControl features. Users can edit customer data files on the same screen with maps for several time-saving functions. CrowdFiber has posted a video of the first online demo/user suggestion session and is planning additional sessions.
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Show of Pause: BEAD and Other Grant Programs at the Center of Battles

There has been a passionate political battle as the Trump Administration ordered a temporary pause in spending on several federal grant programs, including NTIA’s BEAD program. Opponents of the action quickly filed suit, and the administration rescinded the policy after the U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia issued a stay. But some review of funding programs is almost certainly coming weeks and months ahead, and recent events have shed some light on possible BEAD reforms.
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