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.
BOSTON, Mass. – The Healey-Driscoll administration and the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s (MassTech) Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) today announced $10,410,183 in grants to upgrade internet access in nearly 8,000 public and affordable housing across 26 Massachusetts communities. MBI provided the awards through the Residential Retrofit Program, an initiative that works with housing operators and internet service providers (ISPs) to upgrade broadband infrastructure in public and affordable housing properties.
BOSTON, Mass. – The Healey-Driscoll administration and the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s (MassTech) Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) today debuted their Launchpad Program, a new initiative to expand Wi-Fi access, device distribution, digital literacy training, and internet adoption across Massachusetts.
Westborough, Mass. – Today, the Healey-Driscoll administration and the Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MassTech) announced $19 million in grants to support participants of the Digital Equity Partnerships Program.
BOSTON, Mass. – The Healey-Driscoll administration and the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) today announced $12,671,242 to expand internet in locations unserved and underserved by broadband in 96 cities and towns across the state.
BOSTON, Mass. – The Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) is now accepting applications for the deployment of $142 million in funding to deliver high-speed internet access to cities and towns across Massachusetts through the national Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program.
WESTBOROUGH, Mass. – Today, the Healey-Driscoll Administration and Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) within the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MassTech) announced $6,326,054 in awards to 3,512 affordable housing units across nine Massachusetts communities.
WESTBOROUGH, Mass. - The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) formally approved $14.1 million to fund digital equity programming proposed by Massachusetts’ Executive Office of Economic Development.
The Christian Science Monitor highlights the Massachusetts Broadband Institute's (MBI) efforts to expand broadband infrastructure in rural areas across the state.
