Service providers recommended for funding in the Louisiana BEAD final proposal have been approved, the state broadband director told us.
Of 33 providers cleared to apply for Louisiana BEAD funds, 20 won something, Iyengar told us. AT&T won numerous project areas.
Louisiana broadband awards will be announced November 1 if all goes as planned. We talked to the state broadband director about that plan.
Iyengar expects Louisiana to make its final decisions for the entire $1.3B that the state was awarded for BEAD broadband funding in November.
Among the providers prequalified to submit Louisiana BEAD applications are AT&T, Brightspeed, Charter, Comcast, and Cox.
The Altice RDOF default comes as the FCC considers whether to offer an amnesty period for RDOF awardees that won’t complete deployments.