CTC has helped state, local, and Tribal governments and utilities capitalize on funding opportunities for more than 15 years, developing deep experience with federal, state, and regional grant programs. Our funding strategies team monitors existing and emerging programs, funding allocations, and application requirements to identify opportunities that align with clients’ broadband plans. We provide end-to-end […]
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Permitting Support & Strategy
Over the course of many years, CTC has developed and executed a comprehensive set of best practices designed to facilitate and streamline broadband infrastructure permitting processes while maintaining appropriate protections for public assets, rights-of-way, and the public interest. These practices represent a balanced approach that serves the interests of all stakeholders—enabling the rapid deployment of […]
Public Safety/Interoperable Communications Infrastructure Planning
CTC offers decades of expertise in the technical, operational, grant funding/compliance, and policy dimensions of interoperable communications systems that serve first responders, emergency management agencies, and the communities they protect. Our work spans the lifecycle of public safety communications initiatives, from initial needs assessment and strategic planning through grant/funding capture, procurement support, implementation oversight, ongoing […]
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AI & Data Center-Supportive Telecommunications Infrastructure Planning
Robust broadband infrastructure has been a foundation of local and statewide economic development for decades. Public policy makers recognize that high-speed connectivity is a prerequisite for education, remote work, small business operations, and attracting and retaining enterprise. That paradigm is becoming even more apparent as artificial intelligence (AI) applications and data center expansion drive unprecedented […]
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Environmental Services
CTC plays a crucial role in helping states that administer broadband grants using federal funds manage their obligations related to the National Environmental Policy Act and Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. We deliver expertise, tools, and capacity to help states ensure compliance and effective monitoring of grantees throughout the grant cycle. We […]
Analytics & Mapping
CTC delivers independent, data-driven analysis to guide our clients’ decision-making. Our GIS and analytics teams identify relevant public data and develop their own data to create maps and dashboards—and to provide inputs to our custom analytical tools. Geospatial mapping Expert mapping capabilities underpin many of CTC’s engagements, including market analyses, feasibility studies, strategic plans, residential […]
Grants & Funding Support
CTC supports clients on both sides of the grant equation—as grantors executing programs with public money, and as grantees applying for grants, implementing grant-funded projects, and complying with Environmental and Historic Preservation (EHP) and other federal and state requirements. We support grant program design, administration, and oversight on behalf of grant-making organizations, like state broadband […]
Broadband Consulting
CTC supports public sector and nonprofit clients nationwide with expert consulting services designed to expand broadband connectivity and improve broadband adoption, opportunity, and digital opportunity. We offer a unique combination of qualifications and capabilities across strategic planning, network design and engineering, cost estimation, procurement strategies, financial analysis, business planning, grant application writing, grant program management, […]
Network Engineering Services
CTC has decades of experience in all aspects of broadband network design, cost estimation, and implementation. From high-level conceptual designs to detailed street-level engineering and permitting, we understand how to build wired and wireless networks tailored to a community’s goals and budget. Our expertise includes fiber optics (middle-mile and fiber-to-the-premises), hybrid fiber-coaxial, fixed wireless (licensed […]