As the U.S. sets out to get everyone connected to broadband, it’s about more than just making sure broadband is available everywhere. As Angela Thi Bennett, NTIA’s first director of digital equity put it in an interview with Telecompetitor, “We’re…
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Fixed Wireless M&A: Vistabeam Acquires Airbits, Digital Equity Also a Focus
Wireless and broadband provider Vistabeam last month acquired Airbits, which served the towns of Estes Park and Pole Hill, which are in Colorado’s Front Range area. Vistabeam also established a digital empowerment Center in Yuma, Colorado. The move into Colorado’s…
Digital Equity: FCC Wants to Hear Stories About Getting Internet Connectivity
The FCC’s Task Force to Prevent Digital Discrimination is inviting consumers to “share their stories and experiences in obtaining broadband internet access.” The Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, which was passed late in 2021, mandated that the FCC adopt rules to eliminate…
NTIA: All States Now Have Digital Equity, BEAD Planning Funds
All states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia now have received Digital Equity and Broadband Equity Access and Deployment, or BEAD, planning funds, according to NTIA. The news is based on three more states – Massachusetts, Kansas and New…
12 More States Get Digital Equity, BEAD Planning Grants from NTIA
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has continued the fast pace of announcements of planning grants for the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) and Digital Equity programs. The NTIA, which is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce,…
Eight More States Get BEAD, Digital Equity Planning Grants
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has announced another set of planning grants for its Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) and Digital Equity programs. BEAD is a $42.45 billion program and Digital Equity is a $2.75 billion program….
NTIA Awards More BEAD and Digital Equity Planning Funds
The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced that 11 states and Washington, D.C., received their first planning funds through the Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) and the Digital Equity Act programs. The BEAD program has…
Five States Get Almost $30M in BEAD and Digital Equity Planning Funds
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has announced planning grants to Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, North Carolina and Rhode Island in the Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) and the Digital Equity Act programs. The planning grants total $29,571,055.05. In…
Idaho Gets More than $4.9M in BEAD and Digital Equity Planning Funds
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has awarded Idaho planning grants totaling nearly $5 million for the Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) and the Digital Equity Act programs. The funding will be used to plan how the state…
Report: Libraries Can Play a Key Role in $2.5B Digital Equity Programs
As trusted community-based institutions, libraries are “uniquely positioned” to support digital equity and literacy programs that have become a key U.S. policy initiative, according to a new report from the American Library Association (ALA). The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act…
North Carolina Unveils Digital Equity Grant Program
North Carolina is launching the state’s first digital equity grant program, designed to help state residents afford high-speed internet, obtain digital devices, and access digital literacy resources. The $24 million, multi-phased program, administered by the state’s Department of Information Technology’s…
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