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January 2023

Utah Broadband Center Opens Two New Grants

The Utah Broadband Center (UBC), powered by the Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity, announces two new broadband planning grants are available to help local governments, municipalities, nonprofits, and government agencies develop plans to expand high-speed internet access and adoption in Utah communities. These grants—funded by the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program and the Digital Equity Act—empower local stakeholders to identify areas of the state that need increased investment in infrastructure, skills training, or access to devices to facilitate Utahns

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National Telecommunications and Information Administration

Date: 
Wed, 01/25/2023 - 14:30

This webinar focuses on NITA’s State Digital Equity Planning Grant Program and highlights the digital equity technical assistance resources developed by NTIA’s Technical Assistance and Digital Equity Teams.

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Buried vs. aerial—fiber firms try to balance growth with resiliency

US fiber companies are furiously expanding their network footprints to accommodate growing demand from consumers and businesses for high-speed broadband.

'Greatest challenge' to closing digital divide is uncertainty about ACP, advocates warn

Whether or not the US closes its digital divide may come down to the fate of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP): the $14.25 billion program currently subsidizing broadband by $30/month for over 15.7 million households (up to $75 on tribal lands). That's the view of the National Urban League (NUL).

The tech economy is not an island

Tech's downturn is shining a spotlight on the industry's vulnerability to fast-moving trends and conflicts beyond its own boundaries. This matters because Silicon Valley leaders and thinkers paint their companies and products as magical innovations that emerge from the inner logic of tech's disruptive dynamics. But the industry's cycles are usually driven by external forces. The financial tides explain the beating tech is now taking — much more so than the product cycles and platform shifts that occupy so much of the industry's attention.

Broadband Access & Home Networking Market—A Look into 2023

Over the last two years, you’d be hard-pressed to find an area of service provider networks that have received more investment and attention than broadband access networks. For mature markets, it is rare to see consecutive years of double-digit revenue growth.

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