NTIA’s Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund Awards $13M in Grants
NTIA’s Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund on Tuesday awarded its second round of grants, awarding a total of $13 million. Among the grants were $2 million to the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, for learning-based open radio access…
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network testing, and nearly $2 million to Northeastern University for its DigiRAN digital framework. “The transition to open, interoperable wireless networks is now well on its way -- bringing with it greater security, competition, and resiliency,” said NTIA Administrator Alan Davidson: “The Wireless Innovation Fund will accelerate this shift by supporting the foundational research and testing needed for this crucial technology.” The fund will provide $1.5 billion during the next decade to support the development of open and interoperable networks.