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Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program

Sector: Telecommunications • Location: United States

Source: Telecompetitor

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Planned

The BEAD program is a $42.5 billion rural broadband funding initiative by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) aimed at expanding broadband access. The new rules eliminate the preference for fiber and require states to select the lowest-cost applicants using any technology that meets the priority broadband project definition, which includes providing broadband serv

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Prospective
Sector
Telecommunications, Broadband, Government
Location
United States of America
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
Telecompetitor

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The project “Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program” is an infrastructure initiative in the Telecommunications sector, located in United States. Taiyo aggregates data on it from Telecompetitor.

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The BEAD program is a $42.5 billion rural broadband funding initiative by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) aimed at expanding broadband access. The new rules eliminate the preference for fiber and require states to select the lowest-cost applicants using any technology that meets the priority broadband project definition, which includes providing broadband service at 100/20 Mbps speeds with latency less than or equal to 100 milliseconds and scalability for future technologies.

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Telecommunications

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United States of America (USA)

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Telecommunications, Broadband, Government

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2025-06-08

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