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Awards/PROJECT GRANT (B)

$65,140,408

Department of Commerce·National Telecommunications and Information Administration

to THE HOOPA VALLEY TRIBE

telecomactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2022 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2022-08-01·LATEST ACTION2026-04-21·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_NT22TBC0290055_013
Award description

THE BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE DEPLOYMENT PROJECT PROPOSES TO INSTALL FIBER AND WIRELESS TO DIRECTLY CONNECT 1,045 UNSERVED NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS, 64 TRIBAL BUSINESSES, AND 19 COMMUNITY ANCHOR INSTITUTIONS WITH FIBER-TO-THE-HOME WITH 25 GBPS/3 GBPS SERVICE, CONSTRUCT A TRIBAL DATA CENTER, INSTALL A TOWER, AND PROVIDE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TRAINING.

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

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In plain English

Latest obligation on the 2022 Hoopa Valley Tribe broadband project to connect 1,045 Native American households and tribal institutions with fiber-to-home service.

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

Closing the digital divide in underserved tribal communities enables economic development, telemedicine access, and workforce training in regions historically excluded from broadband infrastructure.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for fiber-optic deployment, wireless tower installation, and data-center equipment suppliers serving rural and tribal markets.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. broadband infrastructure investment in underserved regions counters digital dependency and strengthens domestic connectivity resilience against foreign supply-chain disruption.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-04. Cost: $0.003109.

Period of performance
Start
2022-08-01
End
2027-07-31
Status
activein 383 days
Sources

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