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By Carl Drescher: Technology trends and their impacts on the provision of government services.

BTOP Grant Awards and Other Links

December 18, 2009 By Carl Drescher

The first Broadband Technology Opportunities Program awards have been announced. The list of the first 10 can be found here. More first round awards will be announced through February 2010. I am hopeful that the next round of applications will focus primarily on municipalities and public safety.

As the FCC continues to work on its National Broadband Plan it appears that existing networks will play a large role in this effort. A presentation from the FCC's open meeting on December 16th can be seen here.

The City of Philadelphia will purchase the assets of what is left of the Wireless Philadelphia initiative. Appears that the City will be investing approximately 17 million dollars over the next five years to build out the network with the major focus on providing connectivity for public safety and municipal use. More information can be found here.

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