(TNS) — New Mexico’s office dedicated to broadband deployment has received the green light to move forward on a project that will use $675 million in federal grants to help connect more than 31,000 unserved and underserved locations across the state.
According to a news release from the Office of Broadband Access and Expansion, the state will use the grants to build and expand broadband infrastructure in New Mexico as a part an ambitious project intended to widen internet access in a state that includes its share of rural areas with gaps in broadband service.
“It’s exciting because it puts a lot of money toward making sure there is reliable broadband connectivity for New Mexicans,” said Drew Lovelace, acting director of the state’s Office of Broadband Access and Expansion…