As part of the State Digital Equity Plan, the Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) is committed to continuing to grow and foster digital equity across the state. As part of this effort, MBI launched a Request for Information (RFI) on January 31, 2025, seeking responses from digital access service providers or vendors. To qualify, entities had to attest that at the time of the RFI they were currently providing digital access services in the Commonwealth or are based in the U.S. and capable of providing services in Massachusetts at the time of RFI response, March 28, 2025.
MBI identified service providers and vendors of the following services:
- Digital literacy
- Device refurbishment and/or distribution
- Education, outreach and adoption
- Public spaces internet modernization
- Wi-Fi access
The RFI was not a mechanism to pre-qualify service providers and vendors for future funding from MassTech/MBI. Furthermore, the results published from this RFI do not serve as an endorsement on behalf of MassTech/MBI.
The resulting database contains 50 unique organizations.
Intended Use
The Digital Access Resource List offers a database of available service providers and vendors that align with MBI’s definitions of digital inclusion services.
This first version of the Resource List is primarily for interested organizations and digital access practitioners to:
- Learn about the market that provides services related to digital literacy, device refurbishment and/or distribution, education, outreach, and adoption, public space internet modernization and Wi-Fi access.
- Connect with potential service providers and vendors that may support program design, planning and implementation.
How to Navigate the Resource List
To assist individuals in reading and referencing the list, MBI has produced a How to Guide for navigating the Airtable database and also published all responses in a single PDF file.
How To Guide PDF of All Responses
For inquiries, please contact broadband@masstech.org.