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# Arkansas Finalizes Bidding for BEAD Grants
- URL: https://broadbandbreakfast.com/arkansas-finalizes-bidding-for-bead-grants/
- Published: 2025-05-30T20:55:24.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-11T05:52:44.000Z
- Description: About 99 percent of current eligible broadband locations are expected to be covered.
- Author: Maggie Macfarlane
- Tags: BEAD, Arkansas, Arkansas State Broadband Office, Glen Howie, #with-siderail

May 30, 2025 – Arkansas moved forward with its Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment plans, announcing it will cover 99 percent of eligible broadband locations an at average per location cost of $7,072\. 

With 2,697 total bids received across 44 different providers, the new round of competitive bidding will result in $439 million remaining for the last 1 percent of eligible broadband locations around the state. The $439 million will come out of the $1.02 billion [Arkansas was offered](https://www.ntia.gov/press-release/2023/biden-harris-administration-announces-state-allocations-4245-billion-high-speed-internet-grant?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) from the BEAD program under the Biden administration.

“Arkansas’ BEAD Program was built around highly efficient, market-driven outcomes, which is illustrated by the fact that all technologies, including fiber, cable, fixed wireless, and low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellite have been selected in our program,” Arkansas State Broadband Director **Glen Howie** said in an email.

To finalize the bidding, Arkansas State Broadband Office plans to submit its Final Proposal to the NTIA ahead of schedule.