Awards/PROJECT GRANT (B)

$50,000,000

Department of Commerce·National Telecommunications and Information Administration

WORK BEGAN2022-09-01·LATEST ACTION—·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_NT22TBC0290072_013

Award description

THE BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE DEPLOYMENT PROJECT PROPOSES TO INSTALL FIBER AND FIXED WIRELESS TO DIRECTLY CONNECT 2,784 UNSERVED NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS WITH BROADBAND SPEEDS OF 100 MBPS SYMMETRICAL.

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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In plain English

Deploys fiber and fixed wireless broadband to 2,784 unserved Native American households.

Sub-sectors

broadband-infrastructurefiber-wireless-deploymenttribal-digital-equity

Why this matters

Closes digital divide in tribal communities, enabling economic development and access to essential services.

Supply-chain signal

Generates demand for fiber-optic cable, wireless infrastructure equipment, and broadband deployment services.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-10. Cost: $0.019124.

Period of performance

Start

2022-09-01

End

2027-08-31

Status

activein 427 days

Recipient

CHICKASAW NATION

UEI KS8HLVMJEMW9

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2026-05-01INDIAN HSG BLOCK GR$214.7M

Sources

USAspending.gov — all awards for this UEI →
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