FCC NewsBytes -08/32 $4.9B Released in Connect America BroadBand Funding by FCC

Published: Aug. 24, 2019, 4:06 p.m.

Taking further steps to close the digital divide, the FCC authorized over $4.9 billion in support over the next decade for maintaining, improving, and expanding affordable rural broadband for 455,334 homes and businesses served by 171 carriers in 39 states including 44,243 locations on Tribal lands.