While the world becomes increasingly digital – with the need for online activity at a premium – more than 42 million Americans still lack access to affordable, reliable and high-performing broadband services. In cities and suburbs, network infrastructure can serve thousands, whereas rural areas only cover a few dozen homes and businesses, pressuring revenue generation and affecting overall return on investment.

Established by the Federal Government, the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program, is designed to address this challenge. However, with federal funding currently under scrutiny, the program may face changes. In this podcast, iconectiv Director of Product Management Sharon Dileo, discusses the importance of broadband equity and iconectiv’s role in helping facilitate this program, regardless of potential changes.

“Programs like this provide those in rural areas with more opportunities to participate in the digital economy and society,” Dileo said. “As a trusted, neutral partner to the telecommunications industry for decades, iconectiv is poised to solve key telecom infrastructure challenges the BEAD program faces to help ensure it’s success.”

About iconectiv

iconectiv provides services to secure digital identity, numerous data exchanges, registries, and other information as a service offerings. These address numbering intelligence, Know Your Customer (KYC), Know Your Business (KYB), fraud prevention, as well as network and operations management for the global communications industry. It provides numbering services in more than a dozen countries, including serving as the Local Number Portability Administrator (LNPA) for the United States. As a trusted partner of the communications ecosystem, iconectiv is dedicated to keeping people connected, businesses running and commerce flowing. This includes making sure incoming and outgoing phone calls and messages are verified and identified, and that communications service providers can trust the information in their systems and networks.

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