Broadband Key to Smart Cities, NTIA Says
Increased broadband access is needed for the Smart Cities initiative to succeed in helping in such areas as reducing traffic congestion, fighting crime and making local governments more accessible, NTIA said in a blog post. Expanding broadband access and adoption…
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has been a key goal of NTIA, the post said, but while progress in connecting communities has been good, much work remains. As part of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, NTIA invested $4 billion to help upgrade or expand broadband in unserved and underserved communities and to promote digital literacy and broadband adoption, the post said. Those broadband grantees deployed more than 115,000 new or upgraded network miles, connected nearly 26,000 community anchor institutions such as schools and hospitals, and installed or upgraded more than 47,000 personal computers in public access centers, it said. The grant program is nearly complete, but NTIA is still working with communities to overcome broadband challenges, through its BroadbandUSA initiative, Broadband Funding Guide and an Introduction to Effective Public-Private Partnerships, plus other tools that NTIA will release this year, the post said.