NTIA Awards $4.5M in Additional Tribal Broadband Grants

NTIA awarded $4.5 million in additional tribal broadband connectivity program grants to nine tribes Wednesday. The new funding will support broadband deployment and planning and feasibility studies, said a news release. “Tribal communities deserve access to affordable, reliable, high-speed internet service,” said NTIA Administrator Alan Davidson: “These grants will help lower barriers to internet access today and plan for the future high-speed internet infrastructure projects of tomorrow.”