The state of New Mexico has awarded $66.8 million to cover some of the costs of making broadband available to 10,300 unserved and underserved locations. Tribal areas were the big winners, with more than half of the funding ($40.72 million)…
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New Mexico Awards $17M to Four Small Broadband Providers for Buildouts
New Mexico’s Office of Broadband Access and Expansion has awarded $17 million to four small broadband providers for fiber and fixed wireless deployments to unserved and underserved rural areas. The providers will contribute an additional $7.2 million to total project…
State Broadband Bonanza: More Funding Announced; Windows Set to Open, Close
Two states – Florida and Texas — recently announced new broadband infrastructure funding opportunities. A funding program announced last month for a third state—Georgia — will begin accepting applications soon. And two other states extended deadlines for application windows that…
Big RDOF Winner Resound Receives Final Authorization for Gigabit/FWA Plans
Resound Networks has received final authorization from the FCC for winning bids in seven states in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) program. The company was the winning bidder for over $300 million in funding to cover some of the…
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…
NTIA Awards $146 Million to New Mexico Tribal Entities
The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has awarded more than $146 million to tribal entities in New Mexico. The awards will provide five tribal entities with funds for broadband internet projects. NTIA recently added $1 billion…
Local N. Mexico Providers Form NM Fiber Network with Plans to Span the State
Eleven New Mexico telecom and broadband providers are planning a statewide fiber network to be known as NM Fiber Network LLC. The network is a “multi-year, multi-million dollar” undertaking, NM Fiber Network said. Between them, the 11 providers already have…
USDA New Mexico ReConnect Awards Total $23 Million
Three service providers in New Mexico are getting a total of $23 million in USDA ReConnect awards to improve rural broadband in the state. In all, the projects will provide broadband service to more than 2,200 rural households in 17…
Windstream Accepts CAF Funding of $175 Million, Declines New Mexico
Windstream today said it would accept the majority of the funding offered to it in Phase 2 of the Connect America Fund program to cover some of the costs of bringing broadband to rural areas of its local service territory…
