Five More State BEAD Approvals
Idaho, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, and Utah had their final proposals approved.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 2025 – Five more states have received federal approval on their final spending plans under the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program.
Idaho, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, and Utah now have the green light from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, according to the agency’s BEAD progress tracker. That brings the total to 34 states and three territories.
Compared to its draft plan posted earlier this year, North Carolina’s approved plan would spend nearly 22 percent less at about $319 million. The proportion of the state’s 93,000 locations receiving fiber fell by about four percent with a corresponding increase in the proportion in line for low-earth orbit satellite.
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