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Old Harbor Native Corporation and Alaska Communications Partner for Tribal Broadband Network
KODIAK, Alaska — January 21, 2025 — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Alaskans in four Tribal communities on Kodiak Island will receive lifechanging broadband service, thanks to a Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program Round 2 grant funded by…
NTIA Awards $162M for Tribal Broadband Expansion
WASHINGTON — January 16, 2025 — Today, the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has recommended for award more than $162 million to four Tribal entities to expand high-speed Internet access and adoption.…
NTIA Announces Almost $18M in Broadband Grants for Tribal Lands
WASHINGTON — January 10, 2024 — The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced today it has awarded nearly $18 million to seven Tribal entities to expand high-speed Internet access and adoption. The…
NTIA Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program Awards $72M to Hawaii
The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) has received more than $72 million from the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program to expand high-speed Internet access and adoption in Native Hawaiian households. The NTIA Tribal Broadband Hawaii…
Oklahoma Tribal Land Gets 50G Broadband Trial Via Centranet, Nokia
Centranet, an electrical cooperative, and Nokia are cooperating on commercial trial of a 50 Gbps fiber connection for the Sac and Fox nation. Nokia says it is the first test of a 50 Gbps broadband…
RDOF an Example of Federal Policy Failures Affecting Tribal Broadband: Study
The Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) approach to awarding providers for Tribal broadband expansion under the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) has been making things complicated for Tribal nations, asserted the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR)…
USDA Grants $5.2M for Rural & Tribal Broadband Projects in 11 States
High speed broadband deployment will be buttressed by funding awards totaling $5.2 million in 11 states under an agreement between the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and rural cooperatives, local organizations, and Tribes. The awards…
Tribal Program Is the Latest Oversubscribed Broadband Funding Program
NTIA has received applications requesting a total of $2.64 billion in the current round of the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program. There is a budget of $980 million for this round of funding. A total of…
Tribal Provider Choice Broadband Deploys FWA in Navajo Nation
Tohatchi, New Mexico and Milpitas, California — March 27, 2024 — Choice Broadband, the wireless broadband branch of the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority, and Tarana, creator of next-generation fixed wireless access (ngFWA) technology, have officially launched…
New Mexico Gets $10M From CPF for Tribal Broadband Facilities
MARCH 21, 2024 —WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.), welcomed $10 million for multi-purpose…
ReConnect Program Grants $57M for Tribal Broadband
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced ReConnect program broadband grants for two tribal areas. A grant of $22.3 million will enable deployment of a FTTP network to benefit 1,988 people, 12 businesses and 100…
NTIA Awards $74.4M in Tribal Broadband Funds
The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has awarded just over $74.4 million in grant funds to 28 Tribal entities as part of the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP). A total of…
