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US Ignite and Project OVERCOME Select Seven Communities for National Science Foundation-Funded Broadband Awards

Date
03/30/2021
Program
OVERCOME
US Ignite announces grant awards to seven communities for Project OVERCOME, a $2.7 million effort designed to connect the unconnected through novel broadband technology solutions.
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US Ignite Welcomes New Members to the Board of Directors and Introduces Advisory Board

Date
03/01/2021
US Ignite is pleased to welcome to its Board of Directors two renowned leaders in their fields: Celia Merzbacher, Deputy Director of the Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C), and Dr. Renata Rawlings-Goss, biophysicist and Executive Director of The South Big Data Innovation Hub.
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US Ignite Launches Technology Pilot Program for 5G Living Lab at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar

Date
01/28/2021
Program
Miramar 5G Testbed, Smart Bases and Installations
US Ignite today announces the launch of a new technology pilot program built for the 5G Living Lab at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar in San Diego.
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US Ignite, Facebook Reality Labs Announce AR Developer Challenge Communities

Date
01/27/2021
Program
Challenge Competitions
US Ignite, in partnership with Facebook Reality Labs, announces the awarding of $20,000 to three communities that will host Augmented Reality (AR) Developer Challenge Competitions from February to August 2021.
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US Ignite and Spectrum Award Grant to the State of Ohio to Advance Smart Transportation Initiatives

Date
01/26/2021
Program
Smart Gigabit Communities
Today US Ignite, a nonprofit organization that helps communities accelerate smart city initiatives, and Spectrum announced that they have awarded a multi-year grant and resources to the State of Ohio for designing and implementing smart transportation initiatives.
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Bend, Oregon & Salt Lake City, Utah Seed New Communities with Successful “Smart City” Apps Addressing COVID-19 Response

Date
01/05/2021
Program
Smart Gigabit Communities
Category
Development
With $250,000 from the National Science Foundation, US Ignite will help partners in Bend, Oregon and Salt Lake City extend virtual reality training and air quality visualization applications into new communities.
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US Ignite Begins Deployment of Dedicated CBRS Network for IoT Research at Fort Carson

Date
12/03/2020
Program
Fort Carson Transportation Testbed
New 4G/5G network will support smart transportation testbed; offer opportunities for expansion into nearby smart community Colorado Springs
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US Ignite and Segra Select Greensboro as Newest Smart Gigabit Community

Date
11/12/2020
Greensboro will accelerate innovation district initiatives to drive economic development as part of the international smart city program Charlotte, NC – November 12, 2020 – Segra, a fiber infrastructure communications provider based in Charlotte, in conjunction with US Ignite, a non-profit organization seeking to accelerate the smart city movement, announce the selection of Greensboro, NC a…
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US Ignite Kicks Off Augmented Reality Developer Challenge with Facebook Reality Labs

Date
10/13/2020
US Ignite, in partnership with Facebook Reality Labs, today announces a new Augmented Reality Developer Challenge
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US Ignite Launches Project OVERCOME Funded by the National Science Foundation to Accelerate Novel Broadband Deployments in Underserved Communities

Date
10/05/2020
Program
OVERCOME
US Ignite today announces the launch of Project OVERCOME, a National Science Foundation- (NSF-) funded effort to accelerate the delivery of broadband services to unserved and underserved communities.
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US Ignite Debuts Mountain Express Automated Shuttle Service at Fort Carson

Date
09/15/2020
Program
Fort Carson Transportation Testbed
New Mountain Express service is part of a yearlong pilot project to test automated vehicle technology at United States Army Installation Fort Carson, Colorado
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US Ignite Releases RFI for Smart City Startup Training Services

Date
09/14/2020
Category
Contracting, Development
US Ignite issues a new Request for Information (RFI) today for training services that can be offered to startup companies and entrepreneurs. These services may be provided to future US Ignite partners selected through reverse pitch, hackathon, and other prize competitions within the smart city high-tech sector. This RFI is a request for interested parties to describe their processes, technical c…
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ATIS/US Ignite Data Exchange Catalog Specification Helps Cities Create Value from Smart Cities Infrastructure Investments

Date
08/26/2020
Program
Smart Cities Data
ATIS and US Ignite today announced publication of the Smart Cities Data Catalog Specification, a resource to help cities leverage data exchanges to achieve greater usability and application of their evolving smart cities infrastructure.
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US Ignite Selects First Transit, in Partnership with Perrone Robotics, as Autonomous Vehicle and Service Provider for the Fort Carson Smart Transportation Testbed

Date
08/04/2020
Program
Fort Carson Transportation Testbed
First Transit will deliver and operate two autonomous shuttles for rider transport on site WASHINGTON – August 4, 2020 – US Ignite today announces the selection of First Transit, in partnership with Perrone Robotics, as the autonomous vehicle (AV) shuttle provider for the Fort Carson, Colorado, Smart Transportation Testbed, a project funded and managed by the U.S. Army Engineer Research an…
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US Ignite and Altman Solon Release Extensive Report on Broadband Models for Pool of 6,500 Unserved and Underserved Communities

Date
07/09/2020
Category
Whitepapers
Report highlights role of municipal enablement and growing popularity of hybrid deployment models WASHINGTON, D.C. – July 9, 2020 – US Ignite and Altman Solon are pleased to announce the results of a comprehensive study of municipally enabled broadband deployment in a new report: Broadband Models for Unserved and Underserved Communities. The report aims to help any of the estimated 6,5001 …
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US Ignite Releases RFP to Build Networking Services at Fort Carson CO

Date
06/19/2020
Category
Development
US Ignite issues a new Request for Proposals today for networking services at Fort Carson in Colorado. US Ignite is seeking a wireless network engineering business to build and manage a wireless communications network for the Fort Carson Transportation Testbed project. The network will be used to collect sensor and autonomous vehicle data created by the smart base technology pilot on site. Th…
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