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Hawaiian Telcom has signed a finalized BEAD subgrant agreement with the state of Hawaii worth $34 million, including a $5 million match, to bring broadband service to 5,800 homes. The signed contract moves Hawaii's BEAD program from award stage into active deployment for one of its providers.
Indiana electric cooperative Paulding Putnam has received a BEAD Program contract totaling $13,174,476 in federal funding, matched by $10,350,060 in cooperative investment, to deploy fiber-to-the-home broadband to 1,464 eligible locations across Allen, Adams, DeKalb, and Noble counties. The Indiana Broadband Office celebrated the milestone with cooperative and regional leaders, with construction expected to begin in spring 2027 and most locations connected by spring 2029.
The Office of the Governor and the University of Hawaii finalized a $34 million contract with Hawaiian Telcom to bring fiber-optic broadband to about 5,800 underserved homes. The move signals Hawaii has moved from planning into active BEAD construction.
The Office of the Governor and University of Hawai'i announced Hawai'i has finalized a $34 million BEAD contract with Hawaiian Telcom to deliver fiber-optic service to about 5,800 unserved homes. This is part of a broader $149.5 million BEAD deployment targeting roughly 7,000 unserved and underserved locations statewide, with about 82% to be served via fiber.
Virginia's broadband office has signed BEAD subgrantee agreements with 19 providers, with the remaining three expected to sign by Aug. 16, 2026. The move marks continued progress in Virginia's transition from award selection to active grant execution.
Virginia's Office of Broadband has executed BEAD subgrantee agreements with 19 internet service providers, including SpaceX, Verizon, Breezeline, and Brightspeed, with signed contracts covering about 64,000 locations as part of the state's over $545 million BEAD program targeting roughly 85,000 homes and businesses. The remaining three providers, Amazon, Comcast, and All Points Broadband, were expected to sign by August 16 after taking on locations that Wi-Fiber declined to serve for its awarded 1,800 locations.
Minnesota's Office of Broadband Development executed its first BEAD subgrantee agreement on July 30, 2026, with East Central Energy for a fiber project expected to connect 3,750 locations between Minneapolis and Duluth. The state also approved the project's environmental review, and officials say 93 more contracts must be executed by October 2026.
Decatur County REMC and NineStar Connect became among the first organizations in Indiana to sign federal BEAD contracts. DCREMC will receive $7,133,202 in BEAD funding, matched by $6,534,465 in cooperative investment, to build fiber-to-the-home service across six counties, with construction starting in August and completion by August 2027. NineStar Connect also signed a contract to build infrastructure in seven counties.
Decatur County REMC became one of the first Indiana organizations to sign a federal BEAD contract, receiving $7,133,202 in funding matched by $6,534,465 in cooperative investment to build fiber-to-the-home service across six counties. NineStar Connect also signed a BEAD contract to deploy infrastructure in seven additional counties, with construction on DCREMC's project starting in August and full completion expected by August 2027.
Decatur County REMC became one of the first organizations in Indiana to sign a federal BEAD contract, securing $7,133,202 in BEAD funds matched by $6,534,465 in cooperative investment to build fiber-to-the-home service across six counties. NineStar Connect also signed a BEAD contract to deploy infrastructure in seven counties, though its funding amount was not disclosed. Construction is set to begin in August 2026 with completion expected by August 2027.
Decatur County REMC became the first of Indiana's 24 BEAD grant awardees to sign its contract with the Indiana Broadband Office in late June, clearing the way for construction to begin within weeks. The $7.1 million BEAD award, plus a local match, will extend fiber to roughly 2,800 homes and businesses in Decatur County, with most work expected complete by year end. Indiana overall now expects to award just over $483 million in BEAD grants, down from an initial $868 million allocation, to reach about 123,000 homes and businesses statewide.
In late June 2026, Decatur County REMC became the first of Indiana's 24 BEAD grant awardees to sign its contract with the Indiana Broadband Office, clearing the way for construction to begin within weeks. The $7.1 million BEAD award, combined with a local match, will extend fiber to about 2,800 additional homes and businesses in Decatur County, with the cooperative expecting most work done by year's end.
In late June 2026, Decatur County REMC signed its BEAD contract with the Indiana Broadband Office, the first of the state's 24 grant awardees to do so, clearing the way for construction to begin within weeks. The $7.1 million BEAD award, combined with a local match, will extend fiber to about 2,800 homes and businesses in Decatur County, with most work expected complete by year-end.
South Carolina's Broadband Office has signed subrecipient BEAD agreements for ZiTEL, TruVista, BellSouth (AT&T) and Comcast, with construction expected to begin soon. The state moved eight of its original 16 planned BEAD projects to state/ARPA funding instead, leaving eight ISPs including Amazon Leo and Starlink in the federal BEAD program.
South Carolina's Broadband Office confirmed that of the eight projects remaining in its BEAD program, four subgrant agreements have been signed, with construction expected to begin soon. ZiTEL and TruVista Communications, the two largest remaining awardees, have both signed their BEAD subrecipient agreements, while Amazon Leo and SpaceX's Starlink also remain in the program using satellite technology.
Louisiana executed its BEAD grant agreement with SpaceX, committing about $8.2 million for the satellite operator to serve 10,635 homes and businesses under the state's approved BEAD spending plan. This follows the state's broader BEAD implementation push.
The Arkansas State Broadband Office announced it executed a BEAD Program grant agreement with satellite provider Amazon Leo, marking the first such agreement nationally. This signals movement toward funds disbursement for LEO satellite-based broadband service in the state.
The Texas Broadband Development Office announced it finalized subgrantee agreements for BEAD, awarding funds to 17 providers to connect over 208,000 locations, down from the roughly 240,000 locations and $1.27 billion in provisional awards announced in October. Telecompetitor's June 8 podcast and article detailed the differences, including four providers that rescinded awards and notable increases/decreases for individual providers like Nexstream, Lyte Fiber, and USConnect Holdings.
The Texas Broadband Development Office announced it has finalized BEAD subgrantee agreements with 17 providers, totaling $1,067,572,758 to connect 208,873 unserved/underserved locations. This is down from the $1.27B provisional awards announced last October, with five providers (including Astound Broadband and Amazon Kuiper) losing their awards entirely and several others seeing significant changes in funding and location counts.
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