NTIA Announces $1B Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program
NTIA is developing a $1 billion Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program to provide grants for increasing broadband access on tribal lands, it announced Friday. Tribal advocates and governments sought more cooperation from federal agencies in recent weeks to expand broadband access…
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(see 2101250036). NTIA held a virtual consultation with tribal leadership Friday and plans additional meetings Feb. 10 and 12 "to ensure that tribal input informs the new grant program" before the application process begins. The new program will provide funding for broadband deployment, including carrier-neutral submarine cable landing stations. It'll also fund free or reduced-cost broadband service, distance learning, telehealth, digital inclusion efforts and broadband adoption activities, and will prevent disconnection of existing services.