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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.
The Hawaii Governor's Office and University of Hawaii finalized a $34 million contract with Hawaiian Telcom to deliver fiber to about 5,800 currently unserved/underserved homes and 24 community anchor institutions, with Hawaiian Telcom's deployment award listed at $29,928,000. A separate preliminary award of $771,000 went to Amazon Leo (formerly Project Kuiper) for satellite service to 1,285 locations, bringing the combined BEAD award to $30.7 million, about 20% of Hawaii's $149.5 million allocation. Construction is expected to begin this year, with Hawaiian Telcom's performance period running four years and Amazon Leo's ten years.
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.
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