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New Mexico Broadband Office Likely to Downsize After BEAD

Colorado and Texas officials said their broadband offices would focus on other programs with current staff.

Jake Neenan

Apr 15, 2026 — 4 min read

From left: Catherine Krantz, broadband director at Communities Unlimited; Aquiles Trujillo, deputy director of the New Mexico broadband office; Brandy Reitter, executive director of the Colorado broadband office; and Bryant Clayton, director of the Texas broadband office

DALLAS, April 15, 2026 – The New Mexico broadband office is likely to downsize after it’s done managing the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program, a top official said Tuesday.

“In New Mexico, we do have a plan, and I think the plan will be to scale down a little bit,” Aquiles Trujillo, deputy director of the New Mexico Office of Broadband Access & Expansion, said at the Connected America show in Dallas. “I think after BEAD is over, we’ll have a much smaller office.”

The office intentionally scaled up to ensure enough local knowledge was brought to bear on a challenging problem of connecting people in the sparsely populated state, according to Trujillo. He said the office would likely focus on addressing broadband affordability and Tribal connectivity issues when it did scale back.