Private company
SRT Communications
Logo: srt.com3
Telecommunications cooperative in North Dakota, US
SRT Communications (formerly Souris River Telecommunications) is the largest telecommunications cooperative in North Dakota, serving customers with Internet, Security Alarm and Video Surveillance, Phone, and Business Phone Systems and services. The company is governed by a twelve-member Board of Directors covering four districts.2 It is headquartered in Minot.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industrytelecommunications industry1
- HeadquartersMinot1
- Websitewww.srt.com
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SRT Communications (formerly Souris River Telecommunications) is the largest telecommunications cooperative in North Dakota, serving customers with Internet, Security Alarm and Video Surveillance, Phone, and Business Phone Systems and services. The company is governed by a twelve-member Board of Directors covering four districts.2
Products and brands
- Internet
Listed on Wikidata.1
Timeline
- 1951Founded Founded1
Funding
Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.
- Federal grants $1.5M
- Federal loans $42.3M
- PPP loans $1.9M
- Other federal assistance $187.8M
- Federal contracts $6.4M
Figures by year
| Year | Federal grants | Federal loans | PPP loans | Other federal assistance | Federal contracts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | $23.2M | $257.7K | $23.5M |
| 2025 | – | – | – | $32.3M | $249.4K | $32.5M |
| 2024 | – | – | – | $31.6M | $193.7K | $31.8M |
| 2023 | – | – | – | $29.6M | $213.2K | $29.8M |
| 2022 | – | – | – | $25.4M | $718.8K | $26.1M |
| 2021 | – | – | – | $24.5M | $407.5K | $25.0M |
| 2020 | – | – | $1.9M | $20.6M | $65.4K | $22.6M |
| 2019 | – | – | – | $627.6K | $262.3K | $889.9K |
| 2018 | – | – | – | – | $190.8K | $190.8K |
| 2017 | – | – | – | – | $43.1K | $43.1K |
| 2016 | – | $15.0M | – | – | $44.6K | $15.0M |
| 2015 | – | – | – | – | $279.0K | $279.0K |
| 2014 | – | $1.0M | – | – | $451.2K | $1.5M |
| 2013 | – | – | – | – | $801.9K | $801.9K |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | $417.5K | $417.5K |
| 2011 | – | $24.8M | – | – | $239.1K | $25.1M |
| 2010 | $1.5M | $1.5M | – | – | $598.2K | $3.6M |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | $492.5K | $492.5K |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | $424.8K | $424.8K |
Federal awards
Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov4, by calendar year, 2008–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.
Largest grants
- Jul 22, 2010$1.5M from Rural Utilities Service: Broadband Initiatives Program5 To SRT COMMUNICATIONS INC Award RO35513 15259
Largest federal loans
- Sep 30, 2011$24.8M from Rural Utilities Service: Rural Telephone Loans And Loan Guarantees6 To SRT COMMUNICATIONS INC Award RO12981 20505
- Mar 17, 2016$15.0M from Rural Utilities Service: Rural Telephone Loans And Loan Guarantees7 To SRT COMMUNICATIONS INC Award RO12981 51411
- Jul 22, 2010$1.5M from Rural Utilities Service: Broadband Initiatives Program8 To SRT COMMUNICATIONS INC Award RO35513 15258
- Sep 16, 2014$1.0M from Rural Business Cooperative Service: Rural Economic Development Loans And Grants9 To SRT COMMUNICATIONS INC Award BP1545221
Largest direct payments
- $148.3M from Federal Communications Commission: Universal Service Fund - High Cost10 To SRT COMMUNICATIONS INC Award HC-143002220-383303-CAFBLS
- $30.5M from Federal Communications Commission: Universal Service Fund - High Cost11 To SRT COMMUNICATIONS INC Award HC-143002220-383303-HCL
- $9.7M from Federal Communications Commission: Universal Service Fund - High Cost12 To SRT COMMUNICATIONS INC Award HC-143002220-383303-CAFICC
Largest contracts
- Jul 11, 2001$5.1M from Defense Information Systems Agency: Defense info. technology contrac srt communications, inc north broadway minot nd minot ward dakota telephone and telegraph equipment electro13 To SRT COMMUNICATIONS INC Award DCA20001C5012
- Sep 1, 2023$818.4K from Department of the Air Force: Local telecommunication service for minot afb.14 To SRT COMMUNICATIONS INC Award FA452823C0014
- Sep 11, 2018$775.7K from Department of the Air Force: Monthly recurring charges15 To SRT COMMUNICATIONS INC Award FA877318P0016
- Sep 12, 2013$248.5K from Defense Information Systems Agency: Igf::ot::igf nspc000004ebm16 To SRT COMMUNICATIONS INC Award HC101313M0475
- Feb 24, 2009$235.6K from Department of the Air Force: Recurring charges (rc)17 To SRT COMMUNICATIONS INC Award FA877309C0025
PPP loans
Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA18. Matched to this company by name and state.
- Jun 11, 2020$1.9M PPP loan (first draw) from First International Bank & Trust18To SRT COMMUNICATIONS, INC., Minot ND; $1.9M forgiven Mar 31, 2021
Links
- Websitewww.srt.com1
- Instagramwww.instagram.com/srt.nd1
- WikipediaSRT Communications
- WikidataQ7392867
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataSRT Communications on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaSRT Communications on Wikipedia
- 3Company websiteSRT Communications logo
- 4USAspending.govUSAspending.gov recipient profile: SRT COMMUNICATIONS INC
- 5USAspending.govRO35513 15259: Rural Utilities Service
- 6USAspending.govRO12981 20505: Rural Utilities Service
- 7USAspending.govRO12981 51411: Rural Utilities Service
- 8USAspending.govRO35513 15258: Rural Utilities Service
- 9USAspending.govBP1545221: Rural Business Cooperative Service
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- 11USAspending.govHC-143002220-383303-HCL: Federal Communications Commission
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- 13USAspending.govDCA20001C5012: Defense Information Systems Agency
- 14USAspending.govFA452823C0014: Department of the Air Force
- 15USAspending.govFA877318P0016: Department of the Air Force
- 16USAspending.govHC101313M0475: Defense Information Systems Agency
- 17USAspending.govFA877309C0025: Department of the Air Force
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