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Sprint Announces Rural Initiative

April 2, 2014 /

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Partnership will deliver 4G to rural areas, corporation says

Sprint is teaming up with a telecom cooperative to offer higher-speed wireless broadband in rural areas, reports Scott M. Fulton III in Fierce Enterprise Communications. Sprint will provide spectrum for 4G LTE service in rural markets. The cooperative, NetAmerica Alliance, will sell the service via its individual Internet provider members around the country. NetAmerica currently offers broadband service via a product called Bonfire.

The new plan is called the Small Market Alliance for Rural Transformation (SMART).

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