Topic: Telecom

SPURR is pleased to announce the release of its 2027 Networking & Wireless Equipment Request for Proposals (RFP) as part of SPURR’s Telecom & Internal Networking Program. Through this RFP, SPURR is seeking proposals from qualified vendors to provide E-Rate eligible Category Two networking and...

Last week, the US Supreme Court issued a decision upholding the constitutionality of the Universal Service Fund (USF), which serves as the funding mechanism for the E-Rate program—the federal government’s long-running program that helps provide low-cost, affordable internet services to public institutions such as schools...

The School Project for Utility Rate Reduction announces a Request for Proposals seeking qualified vendors to submit responsive proposals for Unified Communications as a Service, aka UCaaS. SPURR is a California joint powers authority of >330 member public school districts, community college districts, and county offices...

SPURR T&N Program Helps  Schools and Districts Save on Technology  Districts across California rely on SPURR to procure cost-effective, competitively-sourced technology and networking items. We deliver through combined buying power and expertise in the technologies that you need to serve your students and staff. This...

The Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition, the State E-rate Coordinators’ Alliance, and the Consortium for School Networking have written a letter to the Federal Communications Commission in opposition to a proposed mandatory E-rate national bidding portal. As noted in the letter, the portal is...

School districts and cities are laying down the fiber cable and installing Wi-Fi access points, complete with modems and routers on light poles and traffic lights. Some are even becoming internet service providers themselves (ISP) — efforts, they say, that will make it easier to...