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New Mexico Funding Awards

NTIA Dashboard Highlights Federal Investments in High-Speed Internet

Information related to federal investments for high-speed Internet can be found on a new dashboard from the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). The dashboard was released alongside two new related reports from NTIA. The dashboard that was released in May 2023 and includes spending data from 13 agencies across 98 federal high-speed Internet programs, includes tribal broadband funding and data by federal programs at the state level, and classifies funding by whether it is appropriated, obligated or outlaid.

NTIA Investing in Internet for All Dashboard:
https://infogram.com/2022-investing-in-internet-for-all-dashboard-1h0n25yrpepnl6p

Broadband Funding Sources - New Mexico
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New Mexico - Federal Funding Highlights

As of June 2023, Total State Funding for New Mexico = $1,390,746,556.39

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New Mexico Pilot Grant

The New Mexico Office of Broadband Access and Expansion launched New Mexico’s most ambitious broadband expansion initiative ever with the $120 million New Mexico Pilot Program.

Wave 3 Funding Awards Announced September 5, 2023

Jemez Pueblo - $15.2 million ($8.56 million award plus $6.64 million match)
Connects 687 unserved units through the deployment of a 45-mile fiber network, and leverages several existing middle-mile assets to reach the Internet backbone.
Laguna Pueblo - $17.9 million ($9.05 million award plus $8.85 million match)
Serves the state’s largest-sized pueblo (and 2nd in terms of population) and connects over 1,500 unserved premises through 193 miles of fiber.
Nambe - $7.06 million ($5.23 million award plus $1.83 million match)
Deploys 30 fiber miles to connect 254 unserved units and leverages Redinet’s middle-mile backbone; also constructs one cell tower to enable reliable wireless capabilities for public safety within remote areas of the Pueblo.
Santa Ana Pueblo - $3.95 million ($2.66 million award plus 1.29 million match)
Connects 276 unserved premises through 18 new fiber miles, and leverages ARPA funding provided to the Pueblo.
Santo Domingo Pueblo - $15.02 million ($9.22 million award plus 5.8 million match)
Connects 870 units in the Pueblo and surrounding communities of Sile and Peña Blanca with 50 miles of fiber. Project complements a separate fiber span funded by the NTIA Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program.
Jemez Mountain Electric Cooperative - $11.98 million ($5.99 million award plus 5.99 million match)
Catalyzes the electric cooperatives entry into broadband by connecting 10 communities, representing 3,171 premises, with 105 fiber miles – including communities of Alcalde, Canova, Chamita, El Duende, Española, Hernandez, La Villita, Los Luceros, Ohkay Owingeh, Velarde. Positions JMEC for future expansion to connect 18,000 additional unserved units in it electrical service footprint.
Oso Internet - $8.11 million ($5.78 million award plus $2.33 million match)
Leverages 10-year history in serving the Ramah Navajo reservation by connecting 109 unserved members in Pine Meadows through 49 miles of fiber, and complements two other federal projects to fiberize the tribal region.

Wave 2 Funding Awards Announced March 27, 2023 - Press Release

SWC Telesolutions (DBA Ethos Broadband) -$2.10 million ($1.04 million award plus $1.05 million match)
West Gallup and Thoreau
Tularosa Communications - $9.93 million ($7.44 million award plus 2.4 million match)
West Alamogordo Valley, Bent, Sun Valley
Valley TeleCom Group - $5.69 million ($3.7 million award plus $1.99 million match)
Columbus

Wave 1 Funding Awards Announced November 11, 2022
The office announced the first five grant awards of $38.6 million, which will be matched by $28.3 million in non-state funding for a total investment of $66.9 million. These grants plan to expand access to more than 13,400 homes, businesses, farms, ranches, and community institutions across New Mexico.

Comcast Corporation
Phase 1: $16.52 million ($8.26 million award with 8.26 million match)
Phase One: Anthony, Chamberino, La Mesa, Vado
Phase 2: $17.67 million ($8.84 million award with $8.84 million match)
Phase Two/Three: Chaparral, La Union, Santa Teresa
Central New Mexico Electric Cooperative - $8.76 million ($6.57million award with $2.19 million match)
Estancia, Mountainair
Ethos Broadband $14.51 million ($8.48 million award with $6.03 million match)
Truth or Consequences, Williamsburg
Socorro Electric Cooperative $9.50 million ($6.475 million award with $3.025 million match)
Village of Magdalena

Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP) - NTIA

MAP: Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program - NTIA Map of Award Recipients Nationwide

Funding Awards Announced August 24, 2023 Press Release

Pueblo of Pojoaque - Broadband Infrastructure Deployment - $500,000.00
This Broadband Infrastructure Deployment project will provide affordable, reliable, high-speed Internet service via fiber to 75 tribal households

Funding Awards Announced July 21, 2023 Press Release

A diverse group of stakeholders have offered their support for these grants. Press Release

Pueblo of Jemez - Broadband Infrastructure Deployment - $500,000
This Broadband Infrastructure Deployment project will construct a new wireless tower to provide viable Internet access and critical services to Tribal members and ensure that the outlying regions of the Pueblo Jemez have access to basic critical needs, including education, health, safety, and social services.
Pueblo of Nambe - Broadband Infrastructure Deployment - $500,000
This Broadband Infrastructure Deployment project take initial steps toward the deployment underground and aerial fiber networks as part of the Pueblo of Nambe’s Phase I Broadband Deployment Project. Once all project phases are complete, all unserved Pueblo of Nambe households will be able to access qualifying broadband service.

Funding Awards Announced June 29, 2023 Press Release

Pueblo of Tesuque - Planning, Engineering, Feasibility, and Sustainability - $413,479
This Planning, Engineering, Feasibility, and Sustainability project will provide a turnkey program to deploy broadband fiber that will ensure Pueblo members have reliable qualifying broadband service. 
Ohkay Owingeh - Broadband Use and Adoption - $500,000
This Broadband Use and Adoption project will provide no-cost monthly qualifying wireless broadband service to 250 unserved Pueblo households, including the initial cost for the installation of existing Ohkay Owingeh equipment in 250 unserved households.

Funding Awards Announced March 23, 2023 Press Release

Pueblo of Acoma - Broadband Infrastructure Deployment $14,346,244.00
This Broadband Infrastructure Deployment project proposes to install fiber to directly connect 1,167 unserved Native American households and anchor institutions with a minimum of 25/3 Mbps service.

Funding Awards Announced December 14, 2022 Press Release

Picuris Pueblo, NM - Broadband Infrastructure Deployment $3,742,991.00
The Broadband Infrastructure Deployment project proposes to install fiber directly connecting 79 unserved Native American households, 15 Tribal offices, 2 Tribal businesses, and 3 community anchor institutions with qualifying broadband service with up to 1Gbps symmetrical speeds.
Pueblo of Santa Clara, NM - Broadband Infrastructure Deployment $9,175,946.00
The Broadband Infrastructure Deployment project proposes to install fiber directly connecting 600 unserved Native American households with fiber to the home service of 1 Gbps symmetrical and 50/10 Mbps wireless service.

Funding Awards Announced November 30, 2022

Pueblo of San Ildefonso NM - Broadband Infrastructure Deployment $4,925,582.00
The Broadband Infrastructure Deployment project proposes to install fiber and fixed wireless to directly connect 255 unserved Native American households with qualifying broadband service with up to 1000 Mbps symmetrical speeds.

Funding Awards Announced November 17, 2022

Pueblo of Zia NM - Broadband Infrastructure Deployment $4,695,868.82
The Broadband Infrastructure Deployment project proposes to install fiber to directly connect 228 unserved Native American households and 13 unserved community anchor institutions with qualifying broadband service with up to 1Gbps symmetrical speeds.

Funding Awards Announced August 11, 2022

Jicarilla Apache Nation Power Authority NM - Broadband Infrastructure Deployment $6,935,801
The Broadband Infrastructure Deployment project proposes to install fiber directly connecting 1,051 unserved Native American households, 116 unserved Native American businesses, and 25 community anchor institutions with fiber-to-the home 1Gbps/1Gbps service.
Mescalero Apache Telecom, Inc. NM - Broadband Infrastructure Deployment $43,943,116
The Broadband Infrastructure Deployment project proposes to install fiber directly connecting 835 unserved Native American households, plus 336 businesses, and 29 community anchor institutions with fiber-to-the home and/or fixed wireless service up to 1Gbps/1Gbps.
Pueblo of Isleta NM - Broadband Infrastructure Deployment $26,033,972.74
The Broadband Infrastructure Deployment project proposes to install fiber directly connecting 1,526 unserved Native American households, 54 community anchor institutions, and 10 businesses with fiber-to-the-home and/or fixed wireless to the home 25 Mbps/3Mbps service.
Santa Fe Indian School NM - Broadband Infrastructure Deployment $57,298,683.09
The Broadband Infrastructure Deployment project proposes to install fiber connecting the 700 students in grades 7-12 from the 19 Pueblos, Navajo, and Apache Tribes of New Mexico, Zuni Tribe, Pueblo of Acoma, Pueblo of Isleta, Pueblo of Jemez, Pueblo of Santo Domingo, and the Pueblo of Zia with fiber-to-the-home 1 Gbps/1 Gbps service.  
Santo Domingo (Kewa) Pueblo NM - Broadband Infrastructure Deployment $12,775,576.64
The Broadband Infrastructure Deployment project proposes to install fiber and connect wireless towers to directly connect 680 unserved Native American households with fiber-to-the-home and/or fixed wireless to the home 25 Mbps/3 Mbps service.

Wave 1 Award

Navajo Tribal Utility Authority - Broadband Infrastructure Deployment $50,830,943.87
The Broadband Infrastructure Deployment project proposes to install fiber, fixed wireless, and 2.5 GHz wireless networks to directly connect 20,827 unserved and underserved Native American households with fiber-to-the-home and/or fixed wireless to the home service up to 1 Gbps/1 Gbps.

Funding Awards Announced Fall 2021 - Link

Taos Pueblo Planning, Feasibility, and Sustainability Studies (Taos County) $477,817.00

Summary: This project will fund a comprehensive engineering analysis with respect to the technical design, market conditions and financial requirements of providing broadband services to its community.
Project Detail: More info
https://broadbandusa.ntia.doc.gov/tribal-broadband-connectivity-program-awardees#taos

Enabling Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure- NTIA

NTIA Awards Announced June 16, 2023 - List Overview article Article

ENMR Telephone Cooperative - warded $49,858,624
ENMR NTIA 2022 Middle Mile Grant - Federal Funding Request $102,348,503, Awarded $49,858,624
Primary - New Mexico and Secondary State(s)Texas

Purpose: The purpose of the project is to enhance ENMR Telephone Cooperative's existing network's infrastructure by creating alternate paths and increasing resiliency and bandwidth with upgrades and new fiber routes. It includes the construction of five new fiber segments, one of which completes a fiber ring linking Kermit, Texas to Jal, New Mexico in the southern edge of the middle mile network. The other four new fiber segments will create alternative diverse paths connecting Santa Fe and Albuquerque, New Mexico. The applicant's existing wholesale customers will immediately benefit from the expanded capacity and increased reliability. The applicant's objectives for the proposed project include assurance that last mile providers have access to affordable middle mile transport to the internet.

Counties Impacted: Bernalillo, Chaves, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Doña Ana, Eddy, Guadalupe, Lea, Lincoln, Mora, Quay, Roosevelt, San Miguel, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Sierra, Socorro, Torrance, Union, and Valencia in New Mexico. Bailey, Cochran, Culberson, El Paso, Hale, Hudspeth, Lubbock, Oldham, Potter, Randall, Reeves, Swisher, Ward, and Winkler in Texas

Connecting Minority Communities Pilot (CMC) - NTIA

New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU) in Las Vegas, New Mexico $2,988,682.27
New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU) in Las Vegas, New Mexico is one of Five Minority-Serving U.S. Colleges and Universities to be awarded just announced funding by the NTIA Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program (CMC). Highlands is to receive $2,988,682.27 for "Building Sustainable Technology and Equity Connected Communities through Youth and Adult Workforce Development: the Acequia and Land Grant Education" (ALGE). The project will use digital technology to deliver a culturally responsive curriculum to underserved populations in Northern New Mexico (NMM), and culturally sustaining pedagogy to teachers of students in underserved populations. The CMC grants, directed by NTIA’s Office of Minority Broadband Initiatives, cover costs such as the purchase of high-speed Internet service and eligible equipment, the hiring and training of information technology personnel, and innovation and workforce development efforts.

Announced February 2023
Eastern New Mexico University Roswell (NM-03) - $1,945,329
New Mexico State University (NMSU) - $1,686,620
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (NM-01) - $1,645,133

MAP: Connecting Minority Communities Pilot - Map of NTIA Award Recipients Nationwide

ReConnect Program - USDA Rural Development

To be eligible for ReConnect Program funding, an applicant must serve an area where high-speed internet service speeds are lower than 100 megabits per second (Mbps) (download) and 20 Mbps (upload). The applicant must also commit to building facilities capable of providing high-speed internet service at speeds of 100 Mbps (download and upload) to every location in its proposed service area. To learn more about investment resources for rural areas, visit www.rd.usda.gov or contact the nearest USDA Rural Development state office.

Funding Awards Wave 4 Announced June 12, 2023

Panhandle Telephone Cooperative Inc.(Union County and Oklahoma) $21,665,524
his Rural Development investment will be used to deploy a fiber-to-the- premises network to provide high-speed internet. This network will benefit 1,284 people, 36 businesses, 696 farms and three educational facilities in Beaver and Cimarron counties in Oklahoma and Union County in New Mexico. Panhandle Telephone Cooperative, Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs.|
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Funding Awards Announced April 3, 2023

Western New Mexico Telephone Company Inc.(Catron County) $23,800,000
To deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet access to people in Catron County. The company will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs (ACP). It also will provide a $34.99 monthly plan with 75 megabits per second upload and download speeds for subscribers within the project area who are enrolled in the ACP.
Penasco Valley Telephone (PVT) Cooperative (Chaves, Eddy, Lincoln, and Oero Counties) $13,900,000
Fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet access to 550 people, 48 farms and 11 businesses in Chaves, Eddy, Otero and Lincoln counties. PVT will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). PVT also offers a program that can provide free internet for households participating in the ACP. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in Chaves, Eddy and Otero counties.
E.N.M.R. Telephone Cooperative (De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Quay, San Miguel, Socorro & Union Counties) $2,600,000
To deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network to provide high-speed internet access to people in De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Quay, San Miguel, Socorro and Union counties. E.N.M.R. will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in the FCC's Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Programs. This project will serve socially vulnerable communities in De Baca, Guadalupe, San Miguel and Socorro counties.

Funding Awards Announced November 2022

Kit Carson Electric Cooperative Inc. (Rio Arriba County) $23.6 million
for a network that connects 2,693 people, 42 businesses, 34 farms & 8 educational facilities to high-speed internet.
Leaco Rural Telephone Cooperative Inc. (Chaves and Lea Counties) $25 million
to deploy a network to connect 2,970 people and 56 businesses to high-speed internet.
Western New Mexico Telephone Company Inc. (Catron, Grant and Hidalgo Counties) nearly $35 million
to build a network that connects 678 people, 10 businesses and a farm to high-speed internet.
WNM Communications Corporation (Grant and Luna counties) $25 million
for a network that connects 3,093 people, 30 businesses, five farms and four educational facilities to the internet.

,Funding Awards Announced July 2022

Continental Divide Electric Cooperative Inc. in Grants, New Mexico (Cibola and McKinley Counties) $3,681,000
is receiving $3,681,000 grant to deploy a fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) network. This network will connect 606 people, eight businesses, 34 farms, and two public schools to high-speed internet in Cibola and McKinley counties. Continental Divide Electric Cooperative Inc. will make high-speed internet affordable by the Federal Communications Commission's Emergency Broadband Benefit Plan and Affordable Connectivity Plan. This project will serve the Laguna Pueblo, Acoma Pueblo, and Acoma Off-Reservation Trust Land tribal entities and the socially vulnerable communities of Cibola and McKinley counties.
Eastern New Mexico Rural (E.N.M.R.) Telephone Cooperative (Chaves, Colfax, DeBaca, Guadalupe, Harding, Lincoln, San Miguel, Torrance, and Union Counties) $14,749,747
will receive a $14,749,747 grant to also deploy a fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network. This network will connect 41 people, one business, and nine farms to high-speed internet in Chaves, Colfax, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Lincoln, San Miguel, Socorro, Torrance, and Union counties in New Mexico. E.N.M.R. Telephone Cooperative will make high-speed internet affordable by offering price plans to subscribers that match the pricing offered to all other FTTP Cooperative members. All three plans will include free Wi-Fi service. This project will serve the socially vulnerable communities in the following counties: Colfax, De Baca, Guadalupe, San Miguel, and Socorro.
Peñasco Valley Telecom (Chaves Eddy, Lincoln, and Otero Counties) $28,927,570
receiving $28,927,570 grant to expand its communications network to connect 2,976 people, 50 businesses, 13 farms, and 8 public schools to high-speed internet in Chaves, Eddy, Lincoln, and Otero Counties in New Mexico. This loan will serve the Socially Vulnerable Communities in the counties of Otero and Eddy.
Tularosa Basin Telephone Company Inc. (Lincoln and Otero Counties) $5,825,102
is receiving a grant of $5,825,102 and a loan of $5,825,102 to provide new high-speed service to 466 people, 28 businesses and 16 farms in Lincoln and Otero counties. The telephone company will make high-speed internet affordable by participating in both the Federal Communication Commission's Lifeline Program and the Affordable Connectivity Program. The discounts provided by these programs will allow for qualifying households to receive service as low as $4.20 per month. This project will serve the Mescalero Reservation and the socially vulnerable community of Otero.
Valley Telephone Cooperative (Hidalgo and Luna County) $44,924,000
provides telephone service to southeast Arizona and southwest New Mexico and is receiving a $44,924000 Telecommunications Infrastructure loan guarantee to provide expanded service to Hidalgo and Luna counties. The money will be used to replace copper wire-based facilities with fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) facilities. A total of 1,317 miles of buried fiber-optic cable will be constructed and 2,755 optical network terminals will be installed along with all the necessary equipment needed to provide the upgraded service. This will result in improved broadband service to provide improved upload and download data rates for every subscriber, and in addition will enhance voice services.

Digital Navigators Award - NDIA

Pueblo of Jemez - $382,752
Pueblo of Jemez was included in a collaborative NDIA Digital Navigators Award. The grant is part of $10 million of support from Google.org, which will go toward hiring community-based digital navigators alongside programmatic and technical support to further develop NDIA’s digital navigator model for rural and Tribal communities. Digital navigators at the 18 selected sub-grantee organizations will help thousands of residents to gain much-needed access to the internet, devices, and digital skills training. The grants, which total more than $6.6 million, are for two-and-a-half year periods and range between $320,540 and $389,840 each, depending on the need and proposal. “These grants are about more than just funding. By launching the National Digital Navigator Corps, we are extending the digital navigator model to areas of the United States lacking resources,” said Angela Siefer, executive director of NDIA. “These digital navigators will open doors to thousands of residents to transform their lives by engaging in online opportunities, including education, workforce, citizen participation, and social activities.” NDIA is partnering closely with AMERIND Critical Infrastructure to engage and support Tribal members of the National Digital Navigator Corps. Link

Affordable Connectivity Outreach Grants - FCC

Announced March 10, 2023 - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced target funding allocations for two Affordable Connectivity Outreach Grant Programs (ACP Outreach Grant Programs).

National Competitive Outreach Program (NCOP):

City of Albuquerque - $400,000
New Mexico Black Leadership Council, Albuquerque - $400,000
El Paso Community Foundation - -$300,000 (multi-state award to Texas includes Las Cruces)

Tribal Competitive Outreach Program (TCOP):

Pueblo of Jemez - $379,234
Pueblo of Zuni - $325,000

NM Broadband Equity Fund
NM Broadband Collective and NM Community Foundation

Groundworks New Mexico is hosting the New Mexico Broadband Collective, made up of a diverse group of funders, tribal, nonprofit, and government representatives across the state to support a statewide approach to ensuring that broadband services are available to all New Mexicans. Rural communities, Native communities, and other communities of color are most impacted by the lack of broadband connectivity. The Broadband Collective, which was established in March 2021, recognizes the necessity of a statewide approach to coordinate efforts to ensure all New Mexicans have access to broadband. The Broadband Collective comprises various workgroups focused on: providing funding and technical assistance to support community and regional efforts; ensuring there is equitable and effective use of technology statewide; engaging in advocacy; and coordinating federal and state broadband resources and opportunities. The New Mexico Foundation is the home of the New Mexico Broadband Equity Fund for the Broadband Collective. In June 2022, the Broadband Collective granted $355,000 to six organizations and tribes.

https://www.newmexicofoundation.org/new-mexico-broadband-collective-fund

Funding Awards Announced June 2022

Colores United (Luna County) $75,000
To increase connectivity by amplifying Wifi at key locations in Colombus, New Mexico, such as the town library, city hall, senior center, Borderlands Café and other locations, over two years. The town of Columbus has a population of 1,600 residents, many of whom do not have access or reliable access to Wifi.
Picuris Pueblo (Taos County) $59,904
To develop, install and operate high-speed broadband service that would be 100 percent owned and operated by the tribe. The pueblo has been closed since the COVID-19 pandemic begin, and many residents, especially tribal students, do not have access. The tribal utilities department will take the lead on this two-year project.
True Kids 1 (Taos County) $33,000
For a “laptop library” and to train a “Student Squad,” comprised of students in Taos County schools on different operating systems and reduced and free internet service available to community members. The students will then training other senior citizens, families and community members.
Pueblo of Cochiti (Sandoval) $40,500
To expand the pueblo’s IT department, which currently comprises two people; and the completion of fiber to homes of Cochiti Pueblo residents. The pueblo consists of approximately 1,800 residents, all of whom are served by a single T1 connection.
Pueblo of Laguna Utility Authority (Cibola County) $71,596
To continue to expand the reach of broadband in the Laguna Pueblo community. The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated a need for network upgrade, as the current system serves 500 tribal members.
Yee Ha’oolniidoo (San Juan and McKinely Counties) $75,000
To primarily bridge the digital divide in the Navajo communities of Ramah and Sheep Springs. This grant will support a community planning process, broadband needs assessment and strategic plan.

Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) a904

Commnet Four Corners, LLC - $424,184
Continental Divide Electric Cooperative - $37,825,404.80
Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, Inc.- $18,102,076.90
PVT NetWorks, Inc.- $12,039.00
Qwest Corporation - $2,038,002.00
Resound Networks, LLC - $55,183,614.20
Skylark Broadband LLC - $246,737.80
SW DinehNet, LLC - $2,598,030.00