Washington, DC – January 31, 2023 – The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced today it has awarded $500,000 to the Passamaquoddy at Pleasant Point as part of the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP). This new grant brings the total of the…
The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today awarded 12 additional grants, totaling more than $33.5 million, as part of the part of the Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program (CMC). The program is directing $268 million from…
The NTIA said Friday that the next update to the National Broadband Map will come out June 30 as planned, rejecting requests made by some states for an extension. Those states wanted more time to file challenges to map data….
Today is the date set by NTIA for challenges to be made to the National Broadband Map, which will be used to determine how much money goes to each state in the $42.5 billion BEAD rural broadband funding program. But,…
The FCC said today that the second Broadband Data Collection (BDC) will begin January 3. Broadband service providers have until March 1 to input their information as of December 31, 2022 into the BDC system. The Broadband Data Collection is…
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…
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has continued the fast pace of announcements of planning grants for the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) and Digital Equity programs. The NTIA, which is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce,…
The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has awarded two additional grants, totaling more than $36 million, as part of the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP). The latest grants, awarded to tribes in Hawaii and Minnesota, will fund projects…
The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced has awarded five more grants, totaling more than $18.5 million, as part of the Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program (CMC). These grants will provide funds designed to expand community technology hubs,…
The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has awarded nine grants, totaling more than $30.3 million in funds, as part of the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP). The latest grants increase total funding awarded through TBCP to…
The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced that 11 states and Washington, D.C., received their first planning funds through the Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) and the Digital Equity Act programs. The BEAD program has…
The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is awarding Hawaii $5,570,883.00 in broadband planning grants. The grants include $5 million for the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program and nearly $571,000 for the digital equity program….
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