LINCOLN- The Nebraska Public Service Commission announced $7.8 million in funding to two wireless phone companies to build cellular towers in rural areas of the state, several of them in Southeast Nebraska.

U.S. Cellular will receive a little more than $5.1 million to build 11 towers, including sites in Adams, Brainard, Elmwood, Murray and Tobias.

The other grant, for nearly $2.8 million, went to Viaero Wireless to build towers in DeWitt, Diller, Filley and Goehner.

The money, which comes from the Nebraska Universal Service Fund's dedicated wireless fund program, was approved at the PSC's latest meeting.

“The continued funding of cell towers through NUSF is another example of our efforts to improve communication in the unserved and underserved areas of our state,” PSC Chair Dan Watermeier said in a news release.

It is unclear when the construction of the new cell phone towers will begin.

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