Telecompetitor compared Texas’ list of final BEAD awards with the provisional awards they announced last October.

Updated Wednesday, April 22: Oklahoma’s final BEAD proposal was approved by the NTIA. 48 states have now had their final proposals approved.

The Texas program focuses on expanding critical middle‑mile infrastructure that connects backbone networks to last‑mile providers.

The Texas grant will improve network access points so broadband providers can more easily and affordably connect to LCRA’s fiber backbone.

Wednesday, December 3: We added California to our list of BEAD provisional awards. All 50 states have now announced provisional awards.

With this announcement, Texas became the 16th state to have its BEAD Final Proposal approved by the NTIA this week.
