MCNC In The News 2020
Welcome to MCNC’s 2020 In The News. Listed below are the 2020 media outlets that have written articles about MCNC, have posted MCNC’s press releases, or have mentioned MCNC in articles.
The date and title is listed in accordion. Please click on the + sign to read more, which includes a link to the original post.
Date: December 4, 2020
Outlet: The Stanly News & Press
Written by: Staff Reports
Excerpt: Broadband/Internet: “12 Days of Broadband Day 1: COVID-19 and the big pivot of 2020…
Date: December 1, 2020
Outlet: CISION – PR Newswire
Excerpt: “MCNC, the technology non-profit that builds, owns, and operates the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN), on Thursday will kick-off the 10th year of the 12 Days of Broadband, sharing a series of stories about broadband technology and connectivity throughout December….
Date: December 1, 2020
Outlet: WRAL TechWire
Excerpt: “MCNC, the technology non-profit that builds, owns, and operates the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN), on Thursday will kick-off the 10th year of the 12 Days of Broadband, sharing a series of stories about broadband technology and connectivity throughout December…
Date: December 1, 2020
Outlet: TMCNet News
Excerpt: “MCNC, the technology non-profit that builds, owns, and operates the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN), on Thursday will kick-off the 10th year of the 12 Days of Broadband, sharing a series of stories about broadband technology and connectivity throughout December…
Date: December 1, 2020
Outlet: IT News Online
Provided by: GlobeNewswire
Excerpt: “North Carolina school leverages Mediasite’s Zoom integration to deliver live collaborative instruction; Cost-effectively expands digital learning program through Mediasite’s partnership with MCNC non-profit…
Date: December 1, 2020
Outlet: Benton Institute for Broadband & Society
Excerpt: “Residential and small-business customers have too few options for fixed, robust broadband service, what we refer to as “High-Performance Broadband.” Solving our deployment and competition problems requires the construction of new broadband networks…
Date: November 14, 2020
Outlet: The Stanly News & Press
Written by: Staff Reports
Excerpt: “…Additionally, Stanly County and Montgomery County officials are currently working with MCNC to construct a $4.1 million fiber backbone spanning both counties from Midland to Biscoe. The 48.5-mile project will follow the N.C. Highway 24-27 corridor…
Date: November 3, 2020
Outlet: WRAL TechWire
Written by: Rick Smith
Excerpt: “Tracy Doaks, the new chief executive officer at MCNC, took over just in time to see demand for broadband soar across North Carolina in the midst of COVID-19. And MCNC’s statewide NC Research and Education Network is a crucial fiber highway to deliver connectivity for education, health as well as government services. So how’s she doing three months in to the job?…
Date: October 29, 2020
Outlet: Internet2 – Community Anchor Program
Written by: Therese Perlowski, Internet2 CAP Program Manager
Excerpt: “Serving a very rural and high poverty population in Eastern North Carolina, Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center (RCCHC) saw the pandemic amplify many of the historical issues of opportunity and access their patients face. Inspired to find new and innovative ways to continue to effectively serve their community, RCCHC needed to creatively expand access to virtual patient care options for a patient population that lacked reliable access to broadband and devices like computers, smartphones, or tablets…
Date: October 19, 2020
Outlet: Business North Carolina
Written by: Dan Barkin
Excerpt: “Tracy Doaks started her new job as CEO of MCNC in August, when most of her folks were working from home. That is not the ideal way to do it, but these are the times we live in…
Date: July 15, 2020
Outlet: yahoo!finance
Excerpt: “College cost-effectively replaces outdated screen capture technology through Mediasite’s partnership with MCNC non-profit...
Date: July 15, 2020
Outlet: sonicfoundry
Written by: Jamiee Pitt, Community & Events Manager
Excerpt: “Mediasite today announced that Edgecombe Community College in North Carolina has selected Mediasite to create video lectures that students can watch online for the next school year.
The college is a member of the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN) run by MCNC, a Mediasite partner…
Date: June 1, 2020
Outlet: EdNC
Written by: Charles Coble
Excerpt: “…We focus again this month on an organization in North Carolina that provides critical infrastructure support for teaching and learning, and so much more, in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic: MCNC…
Date: March 2, 2020
Outlet: The North State Journal
Written by: Emily Roberson
Excerpt: “FOREST CITY and RTP – MCNC, the non-profit operator of the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN), has announced a collaboration with Facebook to make high-speed broadband available to nearly 30 Community Anchor Institutions (CAIs) in the western North Carolina counties of Rutherford, Burke, Caldwell, Wilkes, and Surry…
Date: February 3, 2020
Outlet: LIGHTWAVE
Written by: Stephen Hardy
Excerpt: “MCNC, a non-profit that operates the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN), says that it will collaborate with Facebook to use a fiber network the latter is building to improve broadband access to nearly 30 community anchor institutions…
Date: January 30, 2020, Updated February 2, 2020
Outlet: Wilkes Journal-Patriot
Excerpt: “High-capacity fiber optic cable being installed along N.C. 268 East and N.C. 18 South and elsewhere for Facebook will bring faster internet service to nearly 30 public institutions in Wilkes, Surry, Caldwell, Burke and Rutherford counties…
Date: January 30, 2020
Outlet: U.S. News
Written by: Casey Leins
Excerpt: “Schools, health facilities and other institutions in Western North Carolina will be connected to a new fiber route…
Date: January 29, 2020
Outlet: Industry News
Excerpt: “A North Carolina-based non-profit operator is partnering with Facebook to build a high-speed fiber link between a pair of rural communities that includes a town that hosts a Facebook-owned data center…
Date: January 29, 2020
Outlet: WXII TV News 12
Excerpt: “WXII TV News 12 reports on MCNC and Facebook’s work to bring high-speed Internet to Western North Carolina. Watch Video
Date: January 28, 2020
Outlet: WRAL TV
Excerpt: “WRAL TV News reports on MCNC and Facebook’s work to bring high-speed Internet to Western North Carolina. Watch Video
Date: January 28, 2020
Outlet: Triangle Business Journal
Written by: Lauren Ohnesorge, Senior Staff Writer
Excerpt: “Research Triangle Park-based MCNC has a new partnership with Facebook to help provide broadband access in underserved areas of North Carolina…
Date: January 28, 2020
Outlet: WRAL TechWire
Written by: Rick Smith
Excerpt: “Facebook is teaming with MCNC, the builder and operator of the state-wide fiber-based North Carolina Research and Education Network, to expand the availability of high-speed internet in western North Carolina….
Date: January 28, 2020
Outlet: CISION PR Newswire
Excerpt: “North Carolina nonprofit and global technology company team up to help close the digital divide in rural areas of the state by working to ensure communities have affordable broadband to successfully learn, work, and live in the 21st century…
Date: January 28, 2020
Outlet: telecompetitor
Written by: Joan Engebretson
Excerpt: “Facebook and MCNC, the non-profit operator of the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN) are “co-investing” to build a high-speed fiber network interconnecting the rural North Carolina communities of Dobson and Forest City. The latter community is home to a huge data center owned by Facebook….
Date: January 28, 2020
Outlet: Light Reading
Excerpt: “FOREST CITY, NC — MCNC, the non-profit operator of the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN), today announced a collaboration with Facebook to make high-speed broadband available to nearly 30 Community Anchor Institutions (CAIs) in the western North Carolina counties of Rutherford, Burke, Caldwell, Wilkes, and Surry….
Date: January 28, 2020
Outlet: INSIDER
Excerpt: “FOREST CITY and RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., MCNC, the non-profit operator of the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN), today announced a collaboration with Facebook to make high-speed broadband available to nearly 30 Community Anchor Institutions (CAIs) in the western North Carolina counties of Rutherford, Burke, Caldwell, Wilkes, and Surry…
Date: January 28, 2020
Outlet: TMCNET News
Excerpt: “FOREST CITY and RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., MCNC, the non-profit operator of the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN), today announced a collaboration with Facebook to make high-speed broadband available to nearly 30 Community Anchor Institutions (CAIs) in the western North Carolina counties of Rutherford, Burke, Caldwell, Wilkes, and Surry…
