Technology focus that starts with our members in mind

What our members need, what solves their challenges and what will benefit them

From selection to implementation through on-going operation, our team stands by you to help maximize your technology investment.

More than simply offering access to technology, NRTC designs complete solutions to meet the unique needs of each member.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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The Latest News and Events

Webinar Recording – BEAD Rollout: Next Steps & Insights

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NTCA Favors Lower Fees, Shot Clocks and Other Reforms to Broadband Permitting

The FCC recently accepted comments in a Notice of Inquiry on the unreasonable amounts of time it sometimes takes for state and local governments to approve right-of-way applications for broadband fiber projects. Commenters complained about excessive fees local governments charge for permitting that are beyond local governments’ actual costs.

NTIA Approves First Group of BEAD Final Proposals

NTIA has approved the final proposals for 19 states and territories in the BEAD program for broadband network construction. The Trump Administration estimates that the early approvals will result in $8 billion in savings compared to the amount that would have been awarded under Biden Administration BEAD announced last summer. NRTC has scheduled a webinar, BEAD Rollout: Next Steps & Insights, for 1 p.m. Eastern, Dec. 2, to assist participating NRTC members through the regulatory issues that still lie ahead.