BOSTON – Today, the Healey-Driscoll administration and Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s (MassTech) Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) awarded $31,548,018 to four internet service providers (ISPs) to increase internet access for affordable and public housing residents statewide.
Last year, the city of Easthampton partnered with Easthampton Media (E.Media), a local public media nonprofit, to bridge the community’s digital literacy gap through the Massachusetts Broadband Institute's (MBI) Municipal Digital Equity Implementation Program.
BOSTON – The Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) has reopened its request for applications through the federal Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program to bring connectivity to unserved and underserved locations across the state.
SPRINGFIELD – Today, the Healey-Driscoll administration and Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s (MassTech) Massachusetts Broadband Institute celebrated the delivery of high-speed internet to Bay Meadow Apartments in Springfield.
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, many organizations serving older adults were faced with an urgent new reality: the digital world was no longer optional.
BOSTON – The Healey-Driscoll administration and the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s (MassTech) Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) today announced $22,260,701 in grants to upgrade internet access for 15,793 affordable housing units across 54 communities in Massachusetts.
Boston — The Healey-Driscoll Administration is raising the alarm about the Trump Administration’s recent action to terminate $14.1 million in federal funding to expand internet access for veterans, rural communities and individuals with disabilities in Massachusetts.
TEK Collaborative Founder and Director Jeff Williams started this nonprofit in 2021 to refurbish and distribute desktop computers and laptops to those in need and expand digital equity across Massachusetts.
Last fall, in partnership with the City of Boston, the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) launched a slate of digital literacy courses. The city, the recipient of a $1 million Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) Digital Equity Partnerships Program grant, connected with the BHA to expand and improve its digital equity efforts.
