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New Mexico Connects More Students to Broadband

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Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) signed the bipartisan Broadband for Education bill Monday. The legislation transferred New Mexico’s Statewide Education Network to the state’s Office of Broadband Access and Expansion.  The state plans to use the integration to connect all schools by 2027.

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Kenya launches early market talks for Horn of Africa fibre optic corridor

Total Telecom

News The Government of Kenya, through its Ministry of Information, Communications, and The Digital Economy and the ICT Authority, is advancing plans to install a high-capacity fibre optic cable along the Isiolo–Mandera corridor. million residents by improving access to social services, internet connectivity, and economic opportunities.

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Kenya Launches Fibre Project to Boost Digital Links in Horn of Africa

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Spearheaded by the ICT Authority under the Ministry of Information, Communications, and The Digital Economy, this project aims to enhance regional digital integration and connect underserved communities. Supported by World Bank funding, it forms part of the larger Horn of Africa Gateway Development Project (HoAGDP).

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One-in-ten UK farmers lack internet connectivity

Total Telecom

The Censuswide survey, commissioned by CityFibre, the UKs largest independent full fibre platform, found that although almost two-thirds of farmers surveyed * (60%) believe internet connectivity is critical [1] for day-to-day farming activities, nearly one-in-ten farms (8%) have no internet connectivity at all.

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India Developing Indigenous AI-Native Telecom Technologies

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This ITU event is being organised by the Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC), the technical arm of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), the Ministry of Communications announced. According to the Communications Ministry, the Focus Group is working to redefine telecom networks by embedding Artificial Intelligence at their core.

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Archtop Fiber Breaks Ground on Project Seeking to Connect Rural N.Y. County

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million state-funded project that seeks to connect over 22,000 homes and businesses to broadband internet in rural Sullivan County, N.Y., county, almost all of which will be either underground backbone or middle mile cable, and to build an additional communications tower. about 100 miles from Manhattan. The Kingston, N.Y.

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Anchorage Update: Lessons from the Frontier State

Broadband Breakfast

At the Fiber Broadband Association’s (FBA) Regional Fiber Connect Workshop in Anchorage last week, local broadband executives, tribal leaders, and policymakers came together to share best practices and lessons learned in a state that has unique challenges and opportunities connecting communities and people to fiber broadband.