SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The South Dakota Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) announced today that it has prepared its Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Final Proposal for consideration required by the National Telecommunications and Information Association (NTIA). This proposal was developed in compliance with the BEAD Program Notice of Funding Opportunity and the BEAD Restructuring Policy Notice.
Four awardees have been preliminarily selected for funding across the state. The selected projects will cover 6992 locations, including all remaining unserved and underserved locations, with fiber to the premises, licensed fixed wireless, and low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites.
The Final Proposal and its contents can be found here.