New Mexico awards $40 million in grants to help deploy broadband infrastructure

The New Mexico Office of Broadband Access and Expansion (OBAE) announced that it has awarded more than $40 million in state grants to internet service providers, telephone cooperatives, pueblos and a tribal company to deploy broadband across the state. Grant recipients include seven entities, some of which will handle multiple projects. The grants are being released through the state’s Connect New Mexico Fund. This $70 million state-led broadband grant program is designed to expand high-speed internet access and deploy infrastructure to unserved and underserved communities. An underserved area is one that has access to a broadband connection less than 100 download/20 Mbps upload. The grantees are:

• Comcast Corporation
• Resound Networks
• Valley Telephone Cooperative
• Penasco Valley Telephone Cooperative
• Picuris Pueblo
• San Ildefonso Services
• Isleta Pueblo