More than two years after the National Telecommunications and Information Administration published the first details of more than $42 billion of funding opportunities under the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program, or BEAD, things are starting to properly gain traction. Some of the stories listed below point to the growing momentum among service providers and equipment makers.
Leveraging the Endeavor Business Intelligence always-on social listening market intelligence platform, we recently released a Topic Scorecard capturing perceptions of BEAD. The big takeaway: There’s still a lot of room to shape opinions and stake a major claim to thought and market leadership as the program matures. And potential bonus opportunities appear to be out there once more money starts to move.
To download our topic scorecard, click right here!
And to catch up to recent BEAD-related news from some of our brands, check out this list:
From Lightwave
Dycom CEO: We’ve been encouraged by the pace of BEAD approvals
Bridging the rural connectivity divide by implementing an effective strategy
Lumen CFO: We’ll participate in BEAD if we believe there’s an opportunity
From ICT Solutions & Education
How to streamline and simplify BEAD deployments
Building to BEAD: The practical implementation of broadband delivery
