Arizona, Oregon, and South Dakota Offer BEAD Program Updates

Three states have provided updates in the long process of granting funds under the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program. 

• Arizona BEAD Updates: The Arizona Commerce Authority has extended the main round application deadline to March 7. The state was allocated $993.1 million to connect underserved or unserved locations in the state. 
• Oregon BEAD Updates: Business Oregon says that its BEAD Deployment Subgrantee Selection, which opened on  February 12, is nearing its March 14 completion. 
• South Dakota BEAD Updates: Connect South Dakota says that it is nearing completion of the location list and anticipates opening its application portal on Monday, March 3.