As of June 30, 61 projects from NTIA’s...
As of June 30, 61 projects from NTIA’s Broadband Technology Opportunities Program were completed and 163 projects remained in active status, said NTIA in its quarterly status report released Tuesday (http://1.usa.gov/HoqcPK). In the third quarter of FY13, grant recipients deployed…
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more than 12,200 fiber network miles, bringing the total number of miles to more than 105,000, said the report. Through June, grant recipients had deployed or improved the infrastructure in 47 states, four territories and the District of Columbia, said the report. Grant recipients connected more than 3,600 community anchor institutions, an increase of 26 percent from the second quarter, bringing the total number of institutions to more than 17,000, said the report. Sixty-five BTOP grant recipients installed more than 44,000 new workstations at public computer centers (PCC), said NTIA. During the third quarter, PCCs provided 1.5 million hours of training to 350,000 users, said the report. Sustainable Broadband Adoption projects reported more than 613,000 households and 5,000 businesses subscribed to broadband services in the third quarter, said NTIA. BTOP grantees spent more than $229 million in federal grant funds, matched by grant recipient contributions of more than $55 million during the third quarter, said NTIA. So far, the federal government has spent $3 billion in the BTOP grants, representing 80 percent of total obligated federal funds for the program, said the report. As of June 30, BTOP provided four extensions to BTOP grantees until no later than Aug. 31, 2014, said the report.