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Awards/PROJECT GRANT (B)

$35,252,376

Department of Commerce·National Telecommunications and Information Administration

to WINNEBAGO TRIBE OF NEBRASKA

telecomactive
WORK BEGAN2022-09-01·LATEST ACTION·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_NT22TBC0290076_013
Award description

THE BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE DEPLOYMENT PROJECT PROPOSES TO INSTALL FIBER DIRECTLY CONNECTING 602 UNSERVED TRIBAL HOUSEHOLDS, 40 UNSERVED TRIBAL BUSINESSES, AND 16 UNSERVED TRIBAL COMMUNITY ANCHOR INSTITUTIONS WITH 100/100 MBPS QUALIFYING BROADBAND SERVICE.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Deploy fiber-optic broadband infrastructure to connect 602 tribal households, 40 businesses, and 16 community institutions on Winnebago tribal lands to 100/100 Mbps service.

Sub-sectors
broadband-infrastructuretribal-connectivitybead-adjacent
Why this matters

Closes digital divide for underserved tribal communities, enabling economic development, telemedicine, and educational access on Native American lands.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for fiber-optic cable, network equipment, and installation labor in rural/tribal infrastructure markets.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. broadband infrastructure investment counters China's Belt-and-Road digital expansion and strengthens domestic connectivity resilience.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002337.

Period of performance
Start
2022-09-01
End
2028-08-31
Status
activein 835 days
Sources

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