The Central Valley Next-Generation Broadband Infrastructure Project: CENIC, together with private sector partner CVIN (The Central Valley Independent Network, LLC), has created the Central Valley Next Generation Broadband Infrastructure Project to increase the availability of broadband networking infrastructure for 18 counties within the California Central Valley area. These counties are: Amador, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Fresno, Kings, Kern, Mariposa, Merced, Madera, Nevada, Placer, Tuolumne, Tulare, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Sutter and Yuba The Project has been awarded $46.6 million in stimulus funding by the federal government through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), administered by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). In addition to the NTIA grant, equal to 70% of the costs, the affiliated members of CVIN, LLC have committed $13.2 million in cash for a 20% match, and the California Public Utilities Commission has provided a 10% match, or $6.6 million, from the CASF. The necessary environmental research has been completed, and the Project is ready to launch construction. The first phase of construction work will be for the "middle-mile" fiber. CalREN VoIP Services CENIC is in the beginning stages of offering statewide Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services. This will provide reliable and low cost telephone service to the K-20 community by leveraging the CALREN network for transport. Diverse San Diego Area Entrance for UCSD CENIC is in the final stages of completing an additional fiber point of entrance on the UC San Diego campus. This will provide additional resiliency for the campus as well as for the CENIC backbone site located on the campus. Statewide K-12 Upgrades and Changes: CENIC received the Funding Commitment Decision Letter from the SLD for E-rate Year 13 (7/1/2010 to 6/30/2011) and is working on deploying the remaining circuits which have now been officially funded for federal E-rate and CTF discounts. CENIC's consortial application for E-rate Year 14 (7/1/2011 to 6/30/2012) has been submitted and is in the process of being reviewed. Circuit upgrades and replacement circuits covered by Year 13 and Year 14 are in various stages of deployment. Statewide CCC Upgrades: CENIC continues to work with the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office to address needed bandwidth upgrades within budgetary constraints and is continuing to look for improved connectivity options for eligible offsite centers. Statewide CSU Upgrades: While all CSU campuses have redundant connections, some campuses are still lacking full diversity and we continue to work with the CSU Chancellor's Office to find affordable diversity solutions.

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