Four years ago, Congress created the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program to help bridge the digital divide and connect a ...

The Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program is underway and on track, and the 10-year initiative is expected to continue as planned when a new presidential administration takes over ...

SpaceX is pushing for US states to modify performance requirements for satellite service operators as part of the ...

Mississippi has received final federal approval for its comprehensive plan to expand broadband infrastructure to every area of the state that still lacks access to high‑speed internet. This approval ...

Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick has been vowing to “revamp” the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program—a federal-state partnership established by Congress in the ...

The federal government announced new rules for the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program last week after a monthslong review process; states had been urging U.S. Secretary of Commerce ...

The latest states to announce BEAD program awards include Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and South Carolina where Brightspeed was awarded $181,064,376 to reach an additional ...

The director of the $42 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program has warned that rural America could be left behind if satellite-based alternatives are prioritized over fiber ...