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Idaho Office of Broadband Update: April 2025
April 21, 2025The Idaho Office of Broadband and Idaho Broadband Advisory Board are excited to share the following update with the State’s partners and stakeholders. Idaho BEAD Program BEAD Application Project Areas (APAs) The State’s APAs are now final and can be viewed via BEAD APA Map 3.0. More
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Idaho Office of Broadband Update: March 2025
April 03, 2025The Idaho Office of Broadband and Idaho Broadband Advisory Board are excited to share the following update with the State’s partners and stakeholders. Idaho BEAD Program BEAD Application Project Areas (APAs) At the end of 2024, the IOB held an open, public comment period for the State’s BEAD APA Map 1.0. More
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Idaho Office of Broadband Update: February 2025
This is just a friendly reminder that the State’s BEAD Prequalification Application Phase closes Friday, 2/14/25 @ 11:59pm MT. Resources and guidance documents for the Prequalification Phase can be found online here. More
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Idaho Office of Broadband Update: January 2025
The Idaho Office of Broadband and Idaho Broadband Advisory Board are excited to share the following update with the State’s partners and stakeholders. Idaho’s BEAD Prequalification Phase will open on Thursday, January 16, 2025, and will close @ 11:59pm MT on Friday, February 14, 2025. More
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Idaho BEAD Prequalification Process Open Now!
January 16, 2025Idaho’s BEAD Prequalification Phase opened on Thursday, January 16, 2025, and will close on Friday, February 14, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. MT. Resources and guidance documents for the Prequalification Phase can be found here. More
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Idaho Commission for Libraries Opens Digital Access Grants
November 05, 2024The Idaho Commission for Libraries (ICfL) has announced that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) awarded Idaho more than $6.3 million to implement the Digital Access for All Idahoans (DAAI) Plan. Over 80% of the award will be subgranted to community-based organizations to facilitate local solutions to digital access divides. To that end, ICfL announced that applications are open for three grant opportunities. Applicants can apply to multiple programs. More
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Office of Broadband in the News
October 24, 2024The Idaho Office of Broadband has been in the news this month! IOB was recently featured in the Inlander in an article focusing on how federal and state grant funding has assisted in providing broadband connectivity to underserved communities in rural Idaho. READ MORE. Additionally, Channel 8 provided an update on the recent approval of Idaho's "Internet for All" Initial Proposal as part of the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) grant program. READ MORE. More
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State’s BEAD Challenge Process Now Open
June 03, 2024The Idaho Office of Broadband (IOB) and Idaho Broadband Advisory Board (IBAB) are excited to announce the opening of the State’s BEAD Challenge Process. The Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program is a federal program that provides $42 billion nationwide to expand high-speed broadband access. More