Which network operators have been cleared to apply for funding in the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program? Telecompetitor checked state broadband office websites and polled states to find out. In the process, we obtained answers for most of the states.
Rumors continue to circulate that the rules for the BEAD program may change. However, stakeholders are urging the new NTIA administration to avoid delays, so hopefully states that have done a prequalification or letter of intent (LOI) process will not have to redo it.
Here’s what they found for Minnesota –
Minnesota
- Ace Telephone Association
- AMG Technology Investment Group (d.b.a. Nextlink Internet)
- Christensen Communications
- Consolidated Communications
- CTC
- EarthLink
- East Central Energy Fiber
- Emily Cooperative Telephone Company
- Federated Rural Electric Association
- Frontier
- Gardonville Cooperative Telephone Company
- Hanson Communication
- Harmony Telephone Company
- IBT Group USA
- Johnson Telephone Company
- KMTelecom
- Mediacom
- Meeker Cooperative Light & Power Association
- Midco
- MiEnergy
- Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative
- Nuvera
- Otter Tail Telcom
- Paul Bunyan Communications
- PCs for People
- Red River Communications
- Runestone Telephone Association
- SCI Broadband
- Sjobergs
- Spectrum Mid-America
- Sytek
- Tekstar Communications
- Wikstrom Telephone Company
- Windstream Lakedale
- Winnebago Cooperative Telecom Association
- Woodstock Communications
- Xfinity (Comcast)