Pilot broadband grant

The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded $12.837 million to Enmr Telephone Cooperative (doing business as Plateau Telecommunications, Incorporated) on January 12, 2026, under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants program (CFDA 10.855) to support broadband infrastructure expansion in rural New Mexico and Texas. The award funds fiber infrastructure buildout and network electronics upgrades to improve network capacity and redundancy across the recipient's service area spanning 29 counties in New Mexico and 20 counties in Texas, with work performed in Clovis, New Mexico. The project period runs through January 12, 2028. The Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants program is designed to encourage use of telemedicine, telecommunications, computer networks, and related advanced technologies to provide educational and medical benefits through distance learning and telemedicine projects to rural residents. The assistance type is a Project Grant.