ALLAHASSEE, Fla. — April 24, 2025 — FloridaCommerce is launching a major initiative to deliver the required workforce to upgrade the state’s communications networks. FloridaCommerce, CareerSource Florida, the REACH Office, the Florida Department of Education, state…
The Digital Opportunity Department announces the Digital Workforce Initiative Notice of Funding Opportunity. Developed based on guidance and workshops with valued stakeholders, the Broadband Advisory Council, and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), the…
Citing a desire to “remove unnecessary rules and mandates, to improve efficiency, take a more technology-neutral approach, cut unnecessary red tape, and streamline deployment,” the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has announced a 90…
The Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) has announced that the reduction of underserved or unserved broadband serviceable locations (BSLs) that will result from the strong response to Gap Networks Grant Program and Round 1 of their…
The ConnectALL Deployment Program in New York has released their Request for Applications (RFA) for priority, reliable, and alternative technology solutions for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. The RFA seeks proposals for…
Updated Which network operators have been cleared to apply for funding in the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program? Telecompetitor checked state broadband office websites and polled states to find out. In…
The Rhode Island Commerce Corporation (RICC) has released scoring criteria and other details for Volumes 1 and 2 of its Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. The RICC says that the NTIA has approved…
A group of bipartisan state legislators representing 28 states signed a letter asking U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick to permit the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to allow state Broadband Equity, Access, and…
West Virginia has been granted a 90-day extension to submit its final proposal to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA’s) Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program, Governor Patrick Morrisey announced late last week.…
Last week, the New Mexico Office of Broadband Access and Expansion (OBAE) provided an update on the proposal status of the state’s Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program, announcing that 18 entities had submitted…
This afternoon, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a hearing for Arielle Roth to become the next Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information. As such, Roth would become the…
UPDATE, March 18: Applications for Round 2 of Washington State’s Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program funding may be submitted starting today, the state’s broadband office announced. “We are excited to open the second…