Remarks of Lawrence Strickling at Silicon Flatirons Conference

National Telecommunications & Information Administration head Lawrence Strickling provided the keynote address at the Silicon Flatirons Conference on the Digital Broadband Migration in Boulder (CO). He used the opportunity to continue to promote the Obama Administration's $4 billion Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP). Strickling called BTOP a "resounding success," citing the deployment of 115,000 miles of new or upgraded network, the connection of nearly 26,000 anchor institutions—including schools—and the addition of 670,000 new broadband subscribers. He also said he will team with the Federal Communications Commission to find the balance of the Administration's wireless spectrum goal by the end of 2016.