Fulfilling Oklahoma's Digital Promise

The Oklahoma Broadband Office has developed a Digital Opportunity Plan, which outlines the strategies, objectives, and implementation actions that the OBO will deploy to fulfill Oklahoma’s Digital Promise; that Oklahomans can access and use affordable internet to advance health care, education, business, agriculture, public safety, and community development. which focuses on how to ensure all Oklahomans can access, afford, and use high-speed internet. This plan was funded by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021.

More specifically, the Digital Opportunity Plan addresses internet adoption and challenges to ensure that Oklahomans are able to employ affordable, reliable high-speed internet safely and effectively. By focusing on key goals, strategies, and objectives to ensure accessibility, affordability, internet safety, digital skills-building, and device access, the OBO will reach its goal of achieving universal service.

A public comment period will be open until 11:59pm on March 31. View the Draft ODOP here.   

Comments must be emailed to digitalequity@broadband.ok.gov.  

On November 14, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration approved Oklahoma's award of $11.2 million for the Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program. 

OBO worked for over a year to receive approval.