The National Telecommunications and Information Agency said Wednesday that its new Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment, or BEAD, program will soon start issuing initial planning funds to states and territories.
The agency said in a press release that every state, the District of Columbia and all U.S. territories have submitted for initial funds from the $42.5 billion program, which was created in last year’s federal infrastructure law, along with smaller NTIA funds for digital equity and middle-mile broadband deployment.
