Press Releases

Download Press Releases 2025:

• Press Release State Broadband Office Launches Public Wi-Fi Grant Program 10/2/2025
• Press Release Jemez Pueblo  Begins Broadband Connections 9/24/2025
• Press Release Ribbon Cutting Marks Milestone for Broadband Recovery in Lincoln County 9/11/2025
• Press Release State submits $675 million broadband infrastructure plan 9/4/2025
• Press Release State seeks public comment on massive federal broadband deployment proposal 8/26/2025
• Press Release State awards broadband disaster grants 8/8/2025
• Press Release BEAD Program Receives More Than 40 New Applications 7/28/2025
• Press Release New Mexico leads nation in broadband speed improvements 7/24/2025
• Press Release Broadband project to connect 1,370 locations in Raton 7/23/2025
• Press Release State awards broadband grants to Pueblos and Valencia County--more funds available 7/16/2025
• Press Release State Grant to Deliver Broadband to Hundreds of Rural Students 7/9/2025
• Press Release ARPA Projects Go Live 7/8/2025
• Press Release Broadband Office Notifying Providers About New Federal Rules 7/2/2025
• Press Release State broadband Initiative Bridges Digital Divide for Rural Students 5/5/2025
• Press Release New Broadband Law to Boost Education Projects 5/2/2025
• Press Release NM Receives Nearly 40 Digital Needs Grant Applications 3/31/2025
• Press Release Applications submitted for $675 million broadband grant program 3/27/2025
• Press Release Broadband for Education bill heads to Governor 3/21/2025
• Press Release Senate Passes Broadband for Education bill 3/18/2025
• Press Release Broadband for Education Bill Heads to Senate Floor 3/14/2025
• Press Release Senate Committee  Clears Broadband for Education Bill 3/11/2025
• Press Release State Broadband Office Helps Resolve Broadband Blackouts 3/3/2025
• Press Release State Teamwork Could Lead to Tribal Broadband Grants 2/27/2025
• Press Release Rural Students to Receive Internet Through State Grants 2/26/2025
• Press Release Senate Cte. Clears Wireless Infrastructure Bill 2/18/2025
• Press Release Press Release Broadband office to present fiscal proposals to Senate Finance Cte 2/3/2025
• Press Release  NM Broadband office to present key fiscal initiatives to lawmakers 1/30/2025
• Press Release NM Broadband Disaster Relief Grants 1/27/2025
• Press Release Jemez Pueblo Awarded $5.7 Million Broadband Grant 1/22/2025​
• Press Release Broadband Office Employee Wins Tech Award 1/17/2025
• Press Release NM Tribes Receive $22.6 Million in Broadband Grants 1/6/2025
• Press Release Applications Begin for $675 Million in Broadband Grants 1/3/2025

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Press Releases 2024

• Press Release State Awards $500,000 in Broadband Grants 12/23/2024
• Press Release State Reaches Milestone in $675 Million Broadband Program 12.17.2924
• Press Release--State Awards Millions in Broadband Grants to Connect Rural Students 12/10/2024
• Press Release $15 Million in Broadband Awards 12/5/2024
• Press Release OBAE Satellite Funding Request 11/19/2024
• Press Release Budget Request OBAE 11/18/2024
• ​Press Release Central Asian visit 11/15/2024
• Press Release Navajo Technical University Receives Broadband Award 10/6/2024
• Press Release Digital Equity Award​ 10/25/2024
• Press Release  Rural Broadband Grants 10/16/2024
• Press Release Ruidoso Computers Donation 09/09/2024
• Press Release Digital Inclusion Week 2024 09/10/2024
• Press Release Press Release GWEP Awards​ 09/26/2024
• Press Release BEAD Grant Applications 09/16/2024
• Press Release  Hundreds to Get High-Speed Internet in Rural NM 09/13/2024
• Press Release SEN Federal Funds 08/20/2024
• Press Release Statewide Education Network Launch 08/15/2024​
• Press Release Ribbon Cutting Ceremony 08/15/2024
• Press Release NTIA Approves NM Plan 08/26/2024
• Press Release Connect NM Grants 08/29/2024
  
• Press Release OBAE Awards 07/31/2024

Press Releases 2023

• The Affordable Connectivity Program Needs Your Help to Stay Afloat in 2024 11/20/2023
• ​BEAD and Affordability 11/7/2023
• ​SFCC December Fiber Training Courses 11/01/2023 
• ​OBAE Celebrates Digital Inclusion Week 10/5/2023
• October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month 10/4/23
• Press Release: Kelly Schlegel Retirement 9/13/2023
• ​OSO INTERNET SOLUTIONS CELEBRATES $5.78 MILLION CONNECT NEW MEXICO PROGRAM GRANT 9/22​
• Press Release: Kelly Schlegel Retirement 9/13/2023
• PRESS RELEASE: SANTO DOMINGO CELEBRATES $9.2 MILLION IN FUNDING FROM CONNECT NM PROGRAM 9/16/23 ​
• ​Press Release: Third Wave of New Mexico Pilot Grant Awards Announced! 9/7/2023
• ​PRESS RELEASE: SENIOR PLANET'S MULTIFACETED APPROACH TO POSITIVE CHANGE  8/31/2023
• ​PRESS RELEASE: BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE THROUGH INNOVATIVE INITIATIVES: PT 2 8/21/23  
• ​PRESS RELEASE: BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE THROUGH INNOVATIVE INITIATIVES: PT 1: 8/16/23  
• PRESS RELEASE: NON-PROFIT UNVEILS PLAN FOR FREE APARTMENT WI-FI PROGRAMS 8/1/23
• ​OIS AND RAMAH NAVAJO PINE HILL SCHOOLS ANNOUNCE FIBER TO THE HOME PROJECT 7/19/23 
• ​DIRECTOR OF OBAE AND ELECTED OFFICIALS TOUR SANTO DOMINGO PUEBLO 7/7/23
• ​Senator Ben Ray Luján 6/26/2023
• AFFORDABLE CONNECTIVITY COULD BE RIGHT AT YOUR FINGERTIPS 6/21/2023
• ​PANHANDLE TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE BRINGS CONNECTIVITY TO NORTHEASTERN NM 6/20/2023
• ​Santa Fe Community College Hosts Fiber Optic Technician Training 6/14/2023
• ​House Bill 160 Breaks Down Barriers to Complicated Right of Way Process 6/13/2023
• New Mexico Pulls Ahead in Identifying Unserved and Underserved Broadband Locations  6/7/2023
• ​Press Release: Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham 4/27/2023

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