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Some Remaining BEAD Funds to be Used on New Bidding Round

NTIA said it would outline other allowable uses in a future update

Jake Neenan

Jake Neenan

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Some Remaining BEAD Funds to be Used on New Bidding Round
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 3, 2026 – The Trump administration is freeing up some broadband funding to serve rural locations not yet covered by a program aimed at ending the digital divide.

States will use some of their remaining Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program funds on a new round of deployment projects, the administration announced Thursday.

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