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Awards/PROJECT GRANT (B)

$72,708,711

Department of Commerce·National Telecommunications and Information Administration

to DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS

telecomactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2024 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2024-12-01·LATEST ACTION2026-03-06·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_NT25TBCX029G0040_013
Award description

PURPOSE: THIS PROJECT WILL CONNECT UNSERVED NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSEHOLDS TO HIGH-SPEED INTERNET; CONSTRUCT COMMUNITY DIGITAL INNOVATION CENTERS; ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOMELANDS (DHHL) TO MANAGE EXISTING TOWER INFRASTRUCTURE; AND CONSTRUCT CONDUIT WITH FIBER FOR DHHL HOMESTEAD COMMUNITIES CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

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

Expand high-speed internet access to unserved Native Hawaiian households and build digital innovation centers with fiber infrastructure.

Sub-sectors
broadband-expansionrural-connectivitynative-hawaiian-communities
Why this matters

Addresses digital divide in underserved Hawaiian homestead communities, enabling economic opportunity and digital equity for indigenous populations.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for fiber-optic materials, tower infrastructure, and broadband equipment suppliers serving rural and remote deployment markets.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. broadband infrastructure investment counters China's Belt-and-Road digital expansion by strengthening domestic connectivity in strategic Pacific territories.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002266.

Period of performance
Start
2024-12-01
End
2028-11-30
Status
activein 927 days
Sources

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