NTIA Takes Input on New Innovation Fund Round
The agency will use its remaining $50 million to support AI integration in wireless networks.
WASHINGTON, March 24, 2026 – The Commerce Department should focus its upcoming $50 million grant for AI in wireless networks on driving practical results, commenters told the agency Monday.
Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration received wide-ranging comments over the course of a more than two-hour listening session on the issue Monday. It was streamed virtually and hosted at the MITRE Corporation’s headquarters in McLean, Va.
“If we want this to be successful, it has to result in something that has value, that is sellable to industry,” said Kyle Allen, a senior vice president at Airspan Networks. “Not just to MNOs, but also to enterprises.”
