NTIA Awards 2 States $5.7M for Broadband Planning

NTIA unveiled more planning awards through digital equity and broadband, equity, access and deployment (BEAD) programs Thursday. Kansas will get about $5.7 million, including nearly $5 million for BEAD and almost $693,000 for digital equity, NTIA said. New Mexico also will get a similar amount, including $5 million for BEAD and nearly $741,000 for digital equity, NTIA said. Kansas Office of Broadband Development Director Jade Piros de Carvalho said the state will launch planning efforts at a Jan. 19 summit at Wichita State University.