Just a reminder (or heads up) of the next Office of Broadband Development Office Hours…
Registration now open for the Minnesota BEAD Final Proposal Virtual Information Session, Thursday August 28 at 11am CST, which will provide an overview of the Final Proposal, steps for public comment, and next steps for BEAD in Minnesota. This webinar will be recorded and posted to the OBD BEAD webpage.
I assume the Minnesota BEAD Final Proposal will be the hot topic…
The Minnesota BEAD Final Proposal will be posted to the OBD BEAD webpage for a 7-day public comment on Thursday August 28. The Final Proposal is due to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) by Friday September 4.
It will be interesting to see who shows up for the meeting. I expect we’ll see many applicants, which should include many of the following:
Approved BEAD Applicants (8/8/2025)
- Ace Telephone Association
- AMG Technology Investment Group, LLC d/b/a Nextlink Internet
- Broadband Corp
- Christensen Communications Company
- Consolidated Communications
- CTC
- EarthLink
- East Central Energy Fiber
- Emily Cooperative Telephone Company
- Federated Rural Electric Association
- Frontier
- Gardonville Cooperative Telephone Company
- Gateway Infrastructure LLC
- Hanson Communication
- Harmony Telephone Company
- IBT Group USA, LLC
- Johnson Telephone Company
- KMTelecom
- Kuiper
- MCC Broadband Data
- Meeker Cooperative Light & Power Association
- Midco
- MiEnergy
- Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative
- MVTV Wireless
- Nuvera
- Otter Tail Telcom
- PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS
- PCs for People
- Pinnacle Broadband LLC
- Red River Communications
- Runestone Telephone Association
- SCI Broadband
- Sjobergs
- Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
- Spectrum Mid-America, LLC
- Sytek Tekstar Communications, Inc.
- Wikstrom Telephone Company Inc
- Windstream Lakedale, Inc.
- Winnebago Cooperative Telecom Association
- Woodstock Communications
- Xfinity
And be sure to mark your calendars for early September meetings…
OBD will be announcing regional, in-person Final Proposal Information Sessions on the BEAD Final Proposal. These will be scheduled the first week in September, and open to anyone to attend with no registration required. When finalized, dates and logistics will be posted to the OBD BEAD webpage and shared in another email blast.