Higgins secures $300K for Fruit Belt broadband project
The $300,000 grant will spark a partnership between researchers at UB and Mission: Ignite that aims to bring wireless broadband to the Fruit Belt
Author: Nate Benson (WGRZ)
Updated: 11:29 PM EDT April 5, 2021
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Congressman Brian Higgins has secured a $300,000 grant as part of the National Science Foundation's Project Overcome program. The grant will be used to bring together a research team from the University at Buffalo and Mission: Ignite to provide wireless broadband service to the Fruit Belt in Buffalo.
"We're going to build this infrastructure and create a private LTE network that can be used to provide Internet connectivity," said Filippo Malandra, assistant professor of research at the University at Buffalo.