The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has awarded a $29.3 million Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program grant to the Native Village of Port Lions in Alaska. With today’s award, NTIA has now made 70 awards totaling more than $755.7 million…
September 19, 2022 – NTIA has released an update to the Federal Funding site, which serves as a comprehensive, “one-stop shop” of resources for potential applicants seeking federal broadband funding. Access to the Internet plays a critical role, serving as…
The state of Louisiana has the distinction of being awarded the first planning grant in the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program, which has a budget of $42.5 billion for rural broadband deployments. The state also was awarded funding…
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today awarded more than $143.6 million in funds from the 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program in two states. The awards will provide funds for broadband internet infrastructure deployment projects for…
The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has awarded more than $118.8 million in grants as part of the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program, bringing the total amount of program grants awarded to date to more than $457 million. The…
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has awarded $49,112,883.26 in grants to tribes in two states. The awards to the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians of Mississippi and the Osage Nation of Oklahoma will provide funds for high-speed internet…
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…
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has added $1 billion to the current Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP) funding period, which closes at the beginning of next month. The initial program, with just under a $1 billion in funding,…
The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) awarded $51 million in a pair of grants as part of the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program. NTIA received more than 300 applications for the program during the application window, which closed on…
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has awarded the Ione Band of Miwok Indians $459,000 through the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program, which is making $980 million in grants to eligible Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian entities for…
One of the biggest surprises in the rules that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) issued for the $42.5 billion BEAD rural broadband funding program was the agency’s definition of “reliable broadband” – at least with regard to fixed…
The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today announced five grants totaling more than $10.6 million, the first awards under the Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program (CMC). More than 200 applicants have requested more than $833 million…
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