The funding from the nearly $3 billion Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program is part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Internet for All Initiative.
Construction on the Lyte Fiber network in Kingsville has already started, with the first customers anticipated to come online in early spring.
The funding totals $117,369,604 and was awarded to nine projects. So far, NTIA has awarded more than $530 million from the Wireless Innovation Fund.
FBA is engaged with 40 of its targeted 56 states and territories to roll out the OpTIC Path program, with 44 service providers and 70 community colleges and training institutions.
123NET is working with several Michigan communities to pursue BEAD funding to increase availability to more Michigan communities and households.
Gateway Fiber is also investing heavily in the Northampton community and surrounding area by hiring local team members and opening an office in nearby Chicopee.