Nokia says it is the first test of a 50 Gbps broadband connection on Tribal lands in Oklahoma, and uses its Lightspan MF platform.
In one case, a Tribal broadband provider was notified that a major fiber internet provider was set to begin an overbuild on the reservation.
One example of the USDA funding is Ciomperlik Enterprises LLC, which is receiving a $126,570 award for broadband feasibility studies.
The Tribal broadband program has a budget of $980M in the current round but received applications requesting over $2.6B.
Choice Broadband, the wireless broadband branch of the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority, have launched a new ngFWA broadband network.
N.M. Delegation Welcomes $10 Million to Help Close the Digital Divide and Expand Economic Opportunity for Tribes in New Mexico.