PennREN
Developers of the proposed Pennsylvania Research and Education Network (PennREN) was recently awarded $118.5 million in contracts that will enable construction of a new high speed broadband network that will greatly expand educational opportunities and healthcare services throughout the Commonwealth. The new network will span more than 1,600 miles through at least 39 counties, many of which have only limited access to broadband services. PennREN was conceived by representatives of more than a dozen higher education institutions, research and health care organizations and economic development entities that joined together to form the Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education and Research (KINBER). Th e group applied for and received $99.6 million in federal funding from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to support the PennREN project. The grant was among the largest awarded under the federal stimulus program designed to spur greater broadband access to underserved portions of the country.
CONTACT: Tim Alexander, Treasurer of KINBER, tim.alexander@aicup.org or 717-232-8649, ext. 222
PennREN
Developers of the proposed Pennsylvania Research and Education Network (PennREN) was recently awarded $118.5 million in contracts that will enable construction of a new high speed broadband network that will greatly expand educational opportunities and healthcare services throughout the Commonwealth. The new network will span more than 1,600 miles through at least 39 counties, many of which have only limited access to broadband services. PennREN was conceived by representatives of more than a dozen higher education institutions, research and health care organizations and economic development entities that joined together to form the Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education and Research (KINBER). Th e group applied for and received $99.6 million in federal funding from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to support the PennREN project. The grant was among the largest awarded under the federal stimulus program designed to spur greater broadband access to underserved portions of the country.
CONTACT: Tim Alexander, Treasurer of KINBER, tim.alexander@aicup.org or 717-232-8649, ext. 222