The broadband industry is receiving growing attention globally as governments recognize the key role broadband plays in economy-wide recovery. The emerging Anywhere Network™ –a powerful, pervasive digital network that can connect all people, at any time, in any place–presents an opportunity to create more jobs, increase productivity across a country's workforce and develop new solutions for health care, education, transportation and energy.
In the U.S., three key agencies are still sorting out how to allocate the broadband funds, and to whom, and many details remain unclear. Despite this flux, companies who seek to capitalize on the energy around broadband must understand the current state of thinking and the likely direction, nature and size of project funds being distributed throughout the world.