The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has awarded grants totaling nearly $5 million to 10 Tribes from the Tribal Broadband Connectivity fund. The $4,997,592.68 in funding brings the total awarded under the program to more than…
Colville, Washington – May 10, 2023 – Declaration Networks Group, Inc. (DNG), a leading provider of advanced residential and commercial broadband services, announced today that it has begun deployment activities on a 100-mile fiber network that will provide access to Gigabit…
Washington – The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) released a new dashboard and two reports today highlighting federal investments in high-speed Internet programs. “Providing affordable, reliable high-speed Internet service to everyone in America requires a whole-of-government approach. Today’s reports…
Alan Davidson, the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and NTIA Administrator, offered information about the first funding round in the $1.5 billion Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund in an address today. The fund, which is part…
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has awarded $5,841,477.13 in grants to 12 Tribes in the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP). The awards will provide access to 164 previously unserved Tribal homes, support benefits to those already receiving services…
Over the past few months, the FCC and NTIA have recommended filing dates for bulk challenges to the National Broadband Map, which is updated twice yearly. But stakeholders hadn’t seen similar guidance from either agency about individual challenges. Telecompetitor asked…
Since its initial release last year, the FCC National Broadband Map has faced criticism from a variety of fronts, with complaints ranging from missing locations to doubts about the accuracy of the broadband availability data. Most recently, a number of…
Service providers in the state of Washington are concerned about legislation pending in the state’s House of Representatives. Included in the 425-page budget bill is wording that would only allow funding from the federal Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD)…
NTIA is in “close coordination” with the FCC regarding the update to the second version of the National Broadband Map, which will be used to determine state BEAD allocations, an NTIA spokesperson told Telecompetitor in late February. “We are working…
The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today awarded two grants for more than $25.7 million to two Tribal nations: The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe in Minnesota and the Pueblo of Acoma in New Mexico- as…
Washington – The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) on Wednesday began seeking comment on identifying airwaves for more intensive use and innovative new uses by both the private sector and federal agencies. NTIA’s National Spectrum Strategy Request for…
Both Maryland senators and seven of state’s eight members of Congress sent a letter to FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel last week asking for more time to file challenges to the current version of the commission’s National Broadband Map. According to…
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