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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.

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

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Deploy fiber-optic broadband (100/100 Mbps) to 602 tribal households, 40 businesses, and 16 community institutions.

Sub-sectors
broadband-deploymenttribal-infrastructurefiber-optic
Why this matters

Broadband infrastructure advancement in tribal communities enables education, healthcare, economic development, and closes the digital divide.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for fiber-optic cable manufacturers, installation contractors, and network infrastructure providers in rural deployment.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. tribal broadband investment counters China's global connectivity initiatives while advancing digital sovereignty and equity.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-15. Cost: $0.016518.

Period of performance
Start
2022-09-01
End
2028-08-31
Status
activein 780 days
Sources

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