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Florida Launches Broadband Workforce Training Initiative
ALLAHASSEE, Fla. — April 24, 2025 — FloridaCommerce is launching a major initiative to deliver the required workforce to upgrade the state’s communications networks. FloridaCommerce, CareerSource Florida, the REACH Office, the Florida Department of Education, state…
South Carolina Issues Notice of Funding Opportunity for Digital Workforce Initiative
The Digital Opportunity Department announces the Digital Workforce Initiative Notice of Funding Opportunity. Developed based on guidance and workshops with valued stakeholders, the Broadband Advisory Council, and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), the…
NTIA Extends BEAD Final Proposal Deadlines 90 Days
Citing a desire to “remove unnecessary rules and mandates, to improve efficiency, take a more technology-neutral approach, cut unnecessary red tape, and streamline deployment,” the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has announced a 90…
Massachusetts Broadband Institute: No Need for Round 2 BEAD Grant Solicitation
The Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) has announced that the reduction of underserved or unserved broadband serviceable locations (BSLs) that will result from the strong response to Gap Networks Grant Program and Round 1 of their…
New York Opens BEAD Request for Applications (RFA) Period
The ConnectALL Deployment Program in New York has released their Request for Applications (RFA) for priority, reliable, and alternative technology solutions for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. The RFA seeks proposals for…
Who’s Cleared to Apply for BEAD Broadband Funding? See Our State-by-State Lists
Updated Which network operators have been cleared to apply for funding in the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program? Telecompetitor checked state broadband office websites and polled states to find out. In…
Rhode Island Releases BEAD Proposal Guidelines
The Rhode Island Commerce Corporation (RICC) has released scoring criteria and other details for Volumes 1 and 2 of its Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. The RICC says that the NTIA has approved…
More Legislators Request Status Quo for BEAD
A group of bipartisan state legislators representing 28 states signed a letter asking U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick to permit the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to allow state Broadband Equity, Access, and…
West Virginia Gets BEAD Proposal Extension
West Virginia has been granted a 90-day extension to submit its final proposal to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA’s) Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program, Governor Patrick Morrisey announced late last week.…
New Mexico Offers BEAD Update: 66 Applications for $675M in Funding
Last week, the New Mexico Office of Broadband Access and Expansion (OBAE) provided an update on the proposal status of the state’s Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program, announcing that 18 entities had submitted…
Arielle Roth Discusses BEAD and Satellite Technology in NTIA Director Hearing
This afternoon, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a hearing for Arielle Roth to become the next Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information. As such, Roth would become the…
Washington Opens BEAD Round 2 After Getting 307 Applications in Round 1
UPDATE, March 18: Applications for Round 2 of Washington State’s Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program funding may be submitted starting today, the state’s broadband office announced. “We are excited to open the second…
