WiMAX, fiber dominate first round of broadband stimulus applications - FierceBroadbandWireless

Earlier this month, the National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), one of the government agencies in charge of handing out a large chunk of the total $7.2 billion in stimulus money, announced that nearly 2,200 entities applied for nearly $28 billion in money from both the NTIA and the Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS).

That number is almost seven times the $4 billion available for the program in the first round. The details of the applicants are now available on www.broadbandusa.gov...