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The pandemic has made digital future an immediate reality. What’s long been considered this country’s most important infrastructure project—bringing 5G online and making sure it reaches presently underserved populations—is now more urgent than ever.

 

Digital Inclusion

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Rural Digital Opportunity Fund

Launched by the FCC, the $20 billion Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to bridge the digital divide in our communities, specifically by efficiently funding the deployment of broadband networks in rural America.  Through a two-phase reverse auction mechanism, the FCC is directing these funds to be allocated over ten years to finance up to gigabit speed broadband networks in unserved rural areas, connecting millions of American homes and businesses to digital opportunity.

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*[1] The COVID-19 Crisis: Accentuating the Need to Bridge Digital Divides UNCTAD, April 2020

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