ZeroDivide Looks for Broadband Grant Partnerships
WASHINGTON, July 31, 2009 – ZeroDivide, an investor in community enterprises leveraging technology to help underserved communities, is looking for non-profit partners to apply for broadband monies...
View ArticleNew Mexico, West Texas Score Broadband Grant
Washington, February 25, 2010 – The Commerce Department on Wednesday announced an $11.2 million grant to bring broadband to eastern New Mexico and parts of Texas. The grant aims to help bring...
View ArticleCommerce Department Announces 10 Broadband Investments Worth $63 Million
WASHINGTON, March 26, 2010 – The Commerce Department on Thursday announced 10 investments in broadband growth across the nation that total approximately $63 million. The following grants were announced...
View ArticleCommerce Announces Final Grant Awards from First Funding Round
WASHINGTON, April 27, 2010 – The Commerce Department has announced nine broadband investments totaling more than $114 million in grants in more than a dozen states. The grants will fund projects that...
View ArticleNew Mexico to Receive $74.4 Million in Broadband Grants
WASHINGTON, August 16, 2010- New Mexico entities received a $10.6 million broadband stimulus grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and support for a $63.8 million...
View ArticleNew Mexico Hosts Broadband Summit on Friday, March 22: ‘The Future of...
BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: New Mexico Hosts their next broadband summit on March 22, 2019, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. BROADBAND SUMMIT Conference title: Connecting New Mexico – The Future of...
View ArticleFederal Communications Commissioner O’Rielly and Others Promote Upcoming Uses...
WASHINGTON, February 25, 2020 – Public broadcast experts and Federal Communications Commissioner Michael O’Rielly discussed the special role public broadcasting can play in expanding broadband and...
View ArticleCoronavirus Roundup: Senators Urge Distance Learning, Zoom Privacy, NTIA...
Sens. Edward Markey, D-Mass., Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Michael Bennet, D-Colo., and Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, on Thursday joined 31 of their colleagues in a letter to House and Senate leadership...
View ArticleCoronavirus Roundup: Aji Pai on Pandemic, T-Mobile Approval, Navajo Nation...
In an online speech Friday by Federal Communications Chairman Ajit Pai before the Interamerican Development Bank and The International Institute Of Communications Online Workshop, Pai encapsulated his...
View ArticleCoronavirus Roundup: BroadbandNow and NCTA Each Track Internet Speeds,...
The BroadbandNow database company released its fifth report tracking home internet speeds. The data comes from the 200 most populous cities in the country, as well as hundreds of rural communities. The...
View ArticleUSDA Announces Broadband Infrastructure Grants for Rural New Mexico Towns
May 6, 2020 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced $23 million in grant investments for rural broadband infrastructure in New Mexico on Tuesday. The three recipients, Pueblo of Acoma,...
View ArticleA New Broadband Policy Agenda for Schools, Health and Library ‘Anchor...
January 22, 2021—The Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition released its 2021 Policy Roadmap on Thursday—an agenda to promote open, affordable, high-quality broadband to anchor...
View ArticleFCC Broadband Focus; Facebook Fiber In Indiana; Telco Fiber To 68M Homes;...
March 30, 2021 – The Federal Communications Commission is focusing on objectives of President Joe Biden’s $1.9-trillion American Rescue Plan, which includes $7 billion for the E-Rate internet subsidy...
View ArticleOcean Shipping Reform Act, New Mexico Seeks Fiber Alternatives, Kentucky...
December 9, 2021 — The Consumer Technology Association applauded the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage Wednesday of the Ocean Shopping Reform Act of 2021 (OSRA). Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of...
View ArticleWaPo Huawei Investigation, New Mexico Google Settlements, DHS Bug Bounty Program
December 15, 2021 – PowerPoint presentations from Chinese corporation Huawei Technologies indicate that the company has been more involved with Chinese government surveillance efforts than previously...
View Article34 States Signal Intent to Participate in NTIA’s Main Broadband Program
WASHINGTON, May 18, 2022 – The Biden administration announced Wednesday that 34 states and territories signed on to participate in the programs outlined by its “Internet for All” initiative. The...
View ArticlePartnerships Likely to Be Deciding Factor in State Distribution of BEAD...
KEYSTONE, Colo., June 7, 2022 – Public employees working at the state and federal level to distribute $42.5-billion available through the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s...
View ArticleStates Broadband Offices Outline Plans for Billions in Broadband Funds
KEYSTONE, Colo., June 13, 2022 – Representatives from the state broadband offices of Idaho, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine and New Mexico last month at the Mountain Connect conference outlined plans for...
View ArticleVerizon Rejects Claims of Redlining, $759 Million from ReConnect, Utopia...
October 27, 2022 – Verizon is requesting the Federal Communications Commission deny claims of discrimination as a “de facto” reason for areas with no network deployment, according to a Wednesday letter...
View ArticleAlabama, New Mexico Voters Eye Constitutional Amendments for Broadband Funding
Alabama and New Mexico voters will soon be given the midterm option of changing their state constitutions to help boost broadband funding and deployment, albeit in notably different ways. In Alabama,...
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