WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Mark Kelly issued the following press release:
Arizona Senators Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego announced that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved Arizona's Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) final proposal, clearing the way for the state to begin drawing down funds to deploy high-speed broadband in every corner of the state.
Arizona's State Broadband Office successfully navigated NTIA's updated program guidance, finalizing a plan that will bring fiber technology to 118,170 locations-more than 70 percent of the state-with a deployment cost of $446,123,359. Under the Kelly-shaped Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Arizona was allocated $993,112,231 in BEAD fun...