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USDA offers $1 billion for rural businesses

2020-05-21 23:02:00| Beef

The money comes in the form of loan guarantees to help businesses meet working capital needs.

Alphabet's Loon and Vodacom tie up to increase rural internet access in Mozambique

2020-05-13 14:13:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) Alphabet's Loon and Vodacom Group have agreed to use Loon's balloon-powered internet service to expand the Vodacom network in Mozambique. Vodacom will provide service to un-served and under-served parts of the country with a network of floating cell phone towers that operate 20 kilometres above Earth. Vodacom will expand mobile network access to Cabo Delgado and Niassa provinces, two regions that have proven hard to cover in the past because of challenging geography and low population density.

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USDA Must Swiftly and Fairly Distribute Assistance to Farmers and Rural Communities, According to NFU

2020-04-07 15:44:09| National Farmers Union

April 7, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Hannah Packman, 202.554.1600 hpackman@nfudc.org Following the recent passage of the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, National Farmers Union (NFU) is urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to swiftly and efficiently implement assistance and distribute resources to family farmers and ranchers and rural communities. In a letter […]

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FCC seeks to boost rural connectivity with $9bn 5G fund

2020-04-02 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news

Today marks the closure of the long-anticipated Sprint–T-Mobile merger, set to create a new powerful player in the US telecoms space. The deal, worth $26.5 billion, travelled a bumpy road through legislative hell to reach completion, with many stipulations applied to ensure fairness for the business ecosystem and the American people…read more on TotalTele.com »

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