Hawaiian Telcom Says This Is the First Major Island to Be Fully Fiber Enabled

Hawaii to create statewide broadband office

Along with creating a new broadband office, a new law is designed to expand access to digital literacy resources across Hawaii.

Hawaiian Telcom is closer to making the state fully fiber enabled with Kauai

Kauai has become the third island to operate on a fiber network as part of Hawaiian Telcom’s initiative to make Hawaii the first fully fiber enabled state by next year.

Hawaiian Telcom says this is the first major island to be fully fiber enabled

This announcement comes six months after Hawaiian Telcom said Hawaii would become the first fully fiber-enabled state in the nation by 2026, extending broadband access to nearly everyone in Hawaii.

Broadband bill becomes law: Measure intends to improve access to affordable, reliable high-speed internet - West Hawaii Today

Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke signed into law Monday a bill that moves the office responsible for improving broadband internet access statewide from the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism to the Department of Accounting and General Services.

Broadband bill becomes law: Measure intends to improve access to affordable, reliable high-speed internet - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke signed into law Monday a bill that moves the office responsible for improving broadband internet access statewide from the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism to the Department of Accounting and General Services.

New Hawaii law creates broadband office to close connectivity gap | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke, serving as acting governor while Gov. Josh Green is out of state, on Monday signed two bills into law aimed at closing Hawaii’s digital divide by establishing a centralized state Broadband Office and expanding digital literacy services.