LightBox

LightBox, a leading information and technology company, announced that the State of Montana has awarded LightBox a contract for their SmartFabric™ product and GIS technology to create broadband serviceable location analytics and mapping capabilities for Montana. Montana joins the growing list of states that have selected LightBox to ensure they have the most accurate location fabric, analysis, and broadband maps.

LightBox, a leading information and technology platform for the commercial real estate and location-based analytics industry, announced the release of a newly enhanced nationwide location fabric. "The problem that state and federal agencies are trying to solve is location data accuracy for broadband mapping, said Bill Price, vice president of government solutions.

LightBox released its nationwide internet connectivity map, showing that nearly 1 in 6 Americans is not connected to the Internet as well as 60 million Americans nationwide. This new map layers the location of approximately two billion Wi-Fi access points on top of LightBox’s national Broadband Serviceable Location Fabric, which details the precise geospatial extent, address(es), occupancy classification, and number of business or dwelling units for structures across the United States.