Colorado Provides BEAD Round 2 Roundup

The Colorado broadband office offered an update on Round 2 of their Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program grants applicant activity. The office closed the second application window through its Advance Colorado Broadband grant program at the end of February. During the second round, the office received 96 applications from 22 companies for a proposed $825 million total investment, including $649,000 in requested funding and $176 million in matching funds. The applications included 67 “Priority Broadband Project Applications”—those that would use fiber technology—and 29 “Other Last-Mile Broadband Project Applications” that would use technology other than fiber, such as fixed wireless or satellite.