NTIA Awards More Than $105 Million in Grants to Expand High-Speed Internet Access on Tribal Land in Arizona

The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) awarded $105,846,128.07 in grants awarded from the Internet for All initiative to five Tribal entities in Arizona. The grants will fund high-speed internet infrastructure deployment projects through the Internet for All Initiative’s Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program for Hopi Telecommunications, Inc., Navajo Tribal Utility Authority, Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, San Carlos Apache Tribal Council/Triplet Mountain Communications, Inc., and White Mountain Apache Tribe. In all, the projects will connect more than 33,300 homes with the high-speed internet connectivity necessary for learning, work, and telehealth.