Just a few days after NTIA released the notices of funding opportunities for key broadband programs created in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), the agency reports that 34 states have submitted letters of intent to participate in the…
The NTIA released a 54-page notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) early this morning for the nearly $1 billion Middle Mile program established in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Today’s notice details the requirements that funded projects must meet,…
Four federal agencies have agreed to a broad data sharing agreement under which they will collaborate on collection and reporting and share information on broadband deployment. The “covered agencies” in the “Memorandum of Understanding Regarding Information Sharing” are the FCC,…
NTIA released the eagerly awaited notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program early this morning. Rules for the program call for individual states to establish selection criteria and other rules for…
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), a part of the Department of Commerce, has awarded 19 grants in the Tribal Connectivity Program. The grants total $77 million and cover tribal communities in Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Louisiana, Michigan, Oklahoma,…
The NTIA should use a technology-neutral approach in guidelines for broadband funding programs established in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), said the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA) in a letter sent this week to the chairmen of…
As the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) gears up to administer the $42.5 billion BEAD rural broadband infrastructure funding program, NTIA Administrator Alan Davidson gave an update at a Washington, D.C. event today. The event was also webcast (and…
The NTIA should prioritize funding for fiber broadband in rules for the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program, said NTCA—The Rural Broadband Association and the Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) in a letter to Alan Davidson, head of NTIA, which…
The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has awarded four additional grants as part of its Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program. Three other grants were awarded at the end at the end of January. In all 280 requests…
The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today awarded a pair of grants with a total value of nearly $1 million to the iPinoleville Pomo Nation in California and the Ketchikan Indian Community in Alaska. The awards…
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today awarded 13 additional grants, totaling more than $277 million as grants as part of the Broadband Infrastructure Program. The funds will be used to cover some of the costs of connecting more…
Service provider associations are urging NTIA to take a strong role in implementing the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program. The $42.5 billion program calls for each of the 50 states to make decisions about awarding rural broadband funding…
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