Approximately 1.4 million locations currently eligible for funding in the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) rural broadband funding program would not be eligible if NTIA were to change its definition of “reliable” broadband, according to an analysis by telecom…
Are BEAD fiber deployment goals too ambitious? It’s a topic that’s being passionately debated by supporters and detractors. It’s only Wednesday and already this week Telecompetitor received a report from telecom cost analyst Mike Conlow arguing that there is enough…
NTIA clarified today that states are required to include a challenge process in the initial proposals for the BEAD rural broadband funding program that the states must file with the agency. The commission issued 36 pages of proposed guidance for…
The text of a Senate bill that aims to improve the accuracy of federal broadband maps was made public yesterday. The bill, known as the Accurate Map for Broadband Investment Act of 2023, calls for a reallocation process for the…
The cost to the federal government to bring fiber broadband to every U.S. household that NTIA considers “unserved” or “underserved” would be approximately $230 billion, according to a study from fixed wireless equipment provider Tarana Wireless, which gave Telecompetitor an…
Service providers in the state of Washington are concerned about legislation pending in the state’s House of Representatives. Included in the 425-page budget bill is wording that would only allow funding from the federal Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD)…
Madison – April 7, 2023 – The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC or Commission) awarded grants under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s ‘Internet for All’ Initiative, including the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Workforce Planning Program and Digital Equity…
Ten southern states are each expected to receive over $1 billion in rural broadband funding through the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program, according to an estimate released earlier this year from Cartesian for provider association ACA Connects. …
NTIA is in “close coordination” with the FCC regarding the update to the second version of the National Broadband Map, which will be used to determine state BEAD allocations, an NTIA spokesperson told Telecompetitor in late February. “We are working…
At a time when some service providers are revving up to get funding in the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) rural broadband funding program, TDS Telecom President and CEO Jim Butman had a surprising take on it. The company…
Frontier Communications is “very excited” about the possibility of using BEAD funding to deploy fiber broadband to areas that aren’t currently part of the company’s plan to have fiber available to 10 million locations by 2025, said Vishal Dixit, Chief…
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