The Federal Communications Commission’s Connect America Fund has awarded $31.6 million to provide new broadband access to 40,736 homes and businesses throughout Puerto Rico, during a round of funding announced Thursday.
The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration this week awarded a $1.4 million grant to Puerto Rico under the State and Local Implementation Grant Program to help in planning for the island’s First Responder Network Authority, known as FirstNet.
The Federal Communications Commission announced last week it has received requests from telecommunications providers in 44 states and Puerto Rico for more than $385 million in money from the Connect America Fund to benefit as many as 600,000 rural homes and small businesses that lack broadband.
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