NTIA

NTIA Listening Session on Non-Deployment Set for Feb. 11

The agency will take input to inform its 'future planning and policy development' around uses for the funds.

Jake Neenan

Jan 29, 2026 — 2 min read

Photo of NTIA Administrator Arielle Roth and CTA Senior Regulatory Affairs Director Rachel Nemeth, from the agency via X

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29, 2026 – The National Telecommunications and Information Administration will take input on how to spend about $21 billion in broadband funding next month.

On Wednesday Feb. 11, the agency will hold a virtual listening session on ‘non-deployment’ spending under its Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program.

Nearly half of the program’s $42.45 billion in funding won’t be used for infrastructure deployment, partly because the Trump administration updated the program’s rules to focus on cost cutting. NTIA rescinded approval for any other spending when it made its rule changes in June 2025, leaving the future of the non-deployment funding uncertain.