North Carolina Global TransPark Economic Development Region (NCGTPEDR) announced a partnership with Infinity Communications after receiving a $29.9 million grant to expand broadband in Lenoir County. 

“We’ve all seen an even greater need, and noticed a divide, that we see between rural areas and more populated areas,” said Senator Jim Perry. 

The Lenoir County Fiber To The Home Expansion, last-mile broadband deployment in Lenoir County, North Carolina brings qualifying broadband to 15,256 unserved households across the county. 

“Anything we can do to help better eastern North Carolina, we will fight tooth and nail,” said Representative John Bell. “Our goal is to make sure we have internet and broadband capabilities in all of our communities.”

Jeremy Rich, President and CEO of InfinityLink Communications announced that Infinity Communications will set up a headquarters at the Global TransPark. He unveiled the rendering of the upcoming site at the NCGTPEDR announcement event. 

“It got to where it affected virtually everyone, our community college, our school system, and our hospitals,” said Linda Rouse Sutton, Chairman of the Lenoir County Board of Commissioners. “We knew we had to do something.”

The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) awarded Lenoir County one of the 13 grants as part of the Broadband Infrastructure Program.