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NTIA rolling out first broadband stimulus grants in Q4 | Infrastructure | ITBusinessEdge.com

May 22, 2009

The National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) announced that it will begin accepting grant applications in June and hand out the first broadband stimulus grants during the fourth quarter of 2009, reports Broadcasting & Cable.

Earlier this year, the NTIA had hoped to begin accepting grants in April and start rolling out broadband in June, says GigaOm. The delay is expected to benefit larger cities and municipal efforts. The NTIA has yet to publish the rules for governing the distribution of the $4.7 billion in grants...