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The National Telecommunications and Information Agency (NTIA) has announced 23 more funding recipients under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The total value of the awards announced March 2 is more than $160 million. Fifteen of the awards went for broadband infrastructure, while ...

The following information was pulled off of the BroadbandUSA website verbatim, indicating an extension of time for round two broadband stimulus applications: "NTIA and RUS will grant a limited extension of time to file infrastructure applications in the second funding round. Specifically, applicants for BTOP Comprehensive Community ...

The National Telecommunications and Information Agency on March 1 announced two additional broadband stimulus awards from the first funding round. These included a $7.25 grant to the California Emerging Technology Fund for digital literacy ...

Both NTIA and RUS are now accepting applications for the second round of the broadband stimulus program.  The program officially opened at 8:00a ET today and applicants have until March 15th to apply. There ...

The latest recipient of broadband stimulus funding – the MidAtlantic Broadband Cooperative (MBC). MBC is a member owned cooperative that operates a fiber network in rural southwestern Virginia. MBC received $15 million in grants out of $20 million that were announced today for projects in ...

Frontier is attempting to significantly grow in size through an acquisition of Verizon rural territories. The transaction is meeting some opposition from fear that Frontier is not equipped to absorb the millions of access lines in question. Frontier ...

The $7.2 billion broadband stimulus program is well under way. By my count, approximately $564 million has been committed. That’s a fair amount of money, but in context of the total program, it’s a pittance. Given that the stated goal of the program ...

Four applicants in three states will be the beneficiaries of Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program grants totaling $63 million, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration announced January 20th. The four grant awards bring to 15 the total number and approximately $200 million the total ...

NTIA and RUS announced availability of $4.8 billion in broadband stimulus funding. This is the second round of the program. New separate Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) for the BTOP and ...

The Commerce Dept.'s National Telecommunications and Information Administration and Dept. of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service have launched an online partner matching service for organizations looking to apply for Broadband Technology Opportunities Program and Broadband Initiatives Program grants and loans. The two agencies are responsible for managing the $7.2 billion ...