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<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">Communities in Mohave County are seeing an accelerated plan to expand high-speed fiber Internet with new private investment, providing rural Arizonans with faster connections than some in the heart of the valley.</p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center"><img alt="Mohave County internet provider will expand fiber access soon" src="http://gospeedcheck.com/filemanager/data-images/imgs/202306/mohave-county-internet-provider-to-expand-fiber-access-2.jpg" style="height:500px; width:960px"></p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center"><em>Mohave County internet provider will expand fiber access soon</em></p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">Wecom Inc., based in Kingman, recently announced a new purchase from Searchlight Capital Partners to improve Arizona's digital infrastructure in rural areas of the state. </p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">The new fund infusion is expected to provide the country's fastest internet speeds to hundreds of thousands of households. </p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify"> A Wecom spokesman said the venture capital firm is ready to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in rural Arizona. </p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">Faster internet speed offers residents work-at-home opportunities that would otherwise not be available. </p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">Rural students suffered disproportionately during the COVID-19 pandemic as schools transitioned to online learning, leaving them without broadband access. </p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">With the spread of telemedicine, broadband also means better access to healthcare for those residents who may already live miles from the nearest medical facility.</p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">"Hundreds of thousands of rural Arizona households and businesses do not have equal access to high-speed Internet service," said Darren Glatt, Partner and Head of Digital Infrastructure at Searchlight. </p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">"Wecom's long history of providing reliable, best-in-class services to Arizona communities for more than 60 years makes it an ideal partner in closing the state's digital divide."</p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center"><img alt="Mohave County receives private equity infusion from Wecom Inc" src="http://gospeedcheck.com/filemanager/data-images/imgs/202306/mohave-county-internet-provider-to-expand-fiber-access-1.jpg" style="height:500px; width:960px"></p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center"><em>Mohave County receives private equity infusion from Wecom Inc</em></p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">Wecom originally received a $10 million broadband development grant from the state in July 2022 to expand high-speed broadband in Mohave County. </p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify"> "Mohave County has led the state in bringing broadband Internet to our rural residents, and our partnership with Wecom makes that possible," said Mohave County Supervisor Jean Bishop. </p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">"I'm excited to see Wecom and Searchlight continue to expand here and bring fast, affordable, and reliable Internet to other Arizona counties that need it." </p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">Also, the company's fiber expansion extends to the Hualapai Nation with the help of a ReConnect grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.</p>

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