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Media Coverage
Business Report: Roundup: Relocation tax break / Gulf rebranding / Veneeth Iyengar
Tue Feb 18 2025
The Advocate: LCTCS powers Louisiana’s broadband boom with cutting-edge fiber optics training for students across the state
Mon Feb 17 2025
Biz New Orleans: Optimum Completes Over $30M Fiber Optic Investment, Donates $30K to Schools
Wed Feb 12 2025
Altice: Optimum Completes Over $30M Network Investment in Nine Parishes Across Louisiana, Donates $30K to Local Schools
Tue Feb 11 2025
State Affairs: Here’s how federal broadband funding can boost Louisiana
Wed Feb 05 2025
Inside Towers Digital Infrastructure News: WISPA Praises Louisiana Governor Landry’s BEAD Reform Proposal
Tue Jan 28 2025
Communications Today: Louisiana governor asks for easier path to spend BEAD money
Mon Jan 27 2025
Statescoop: Louisiana governor asks Commerce Dept. for easier path to spend BEAD money on satellite internet
Fri Jan 24 2025
Louisiana Gov. Urges NTIA to Revamp Its Tech-Neutral BEAD Approach
Fri Jan 24 2025
Broadband Breakfast: Experts Predict BEAD, USF Reforms in 2025
Thu Jan 23 2025
Benton Institute for Broadband & Society: Louisiana’s Broadband BEAD Program and Proposed Reforms for Success under President Trump
Thu Jan 23 2025
WirelessEstimator.com: Tower technician setbacks serve as a cautionary tale for BEAD fiber training exceeding $350 million and climbing
Wed Jan 22 2025
Lightwave BTR: Louisiana’s first mover BEAD fiber broadband advantage
Thu Jan 16 2025
Connected Nation: The BEAD program begins to bear fruit
Thu Jan 16 2025
Digital Marketing News: Louisiana receives approval for broadband plan
Thu Jan 16 2025
Data Center Dynamics: Louisiana becomes first state to receive final BEAD approval
Thu Jan 16 2025
Louisiana Radio Network: Louisiana gets the go-ahead from federal government to receive funding for the statewide deployment of broadband
Thu Jan 16 2025
Government Technology: What’s New in Digital Equity: BEAD Final Proposals Approved
Thu Jan 16 2025
KTVE: Louisiana approved federal aid to make broadband accessible throughout the state
Wed Jan 15 2025
Capacity Media: Louisiana pioneers nationwide internet initiative with BEAD approval
Wed Jan 15 2025
Jennings Daily News: Louisiana becomes first state to secure federal broadband expansion approval
Wed Jan 15 2025
AgriPulse: State officials urge Trump to save broadband funding
Wed Jan 15 2025
Hoodline New Orleans: Louisiana First to Secure Federal Approval for $1.35 Billion Broadband Expansion under GUMBO 2.0 Program
Tue Jan 14 2025
LightReading: Louisiana expects BEAD shovels in ground in 'next 100 days'
Tue Jan 14 2025
State Affairs Pro: Feds Approve State Broadband Plan
Tue Jan 14 2025
KLAX3: Louisiana First in Nation to Secure Federal Approval for $1.355 Billion on Broadband Expansion
Mon Jan 13 2025
KTBS: Louisiana becomes first state to secure federal broadband expansion approval
Mon Jan 13 2025
Telecompetitor: NTIA Approves First BEAD Final Proposal, Louisiana Gets Bragging Rights Again
Mon Jan 13 2025
National Telecommunications and Information Administration: Biden-Harris Administration Approves Louisiana’s “Internet for All” Final Proposal
Mon Jan 13 2025
The Center Square Louisiana: Louisiana becomes first state to secure federal broadband expansion approval
Mon Jan 13 2025
Bossier Press-Tribune: Landry Announces Louisiana First in Nation to Secure Federal Approval for Spending $1.355 Billion on Broadband Expansion
Mon Jan 13 2025
Broadband Breakfast: NTIA Approves Louisiana Final BEAD Proposal
Mon Jan 13 2025
Benton Institute for Broadband & Society: Don't Hit Pause Button on BEAD, Say State Broadband Officers
Fri Jan 10 2025
Benton Institute for Broadband & Society: State Leadership: Making the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program Work
Thu Jan 09 2025
Broadband Breakfast: Louisiana Planning on Final BEAD Approval 'Any Day Now'
Wed Jan 08 2025
Total Telecom: Four million locations in sight for fiber builder Brightspeed
Tue Jan 07 2025
Broadband Communities News: ISP awarded BEAD funds for St. Tammany broadband work
Mon Jan 06 2025
Fiber Broadband: Twitter Post
Mon Jan 06 2025
PR Newswire: PhireLink Awarded Federal BEAD Program Funding to Expand Fiber Broadband Access in Louisiana
Mon Jan 06 2025
Biz New Orleans: Louisiana is the First State to Receive Funding Through the Federal Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program
Tue Dec 31 2024
Connected Nation: Waiting, waiting, and still waiting: Why the anticipation for broadband buildout is so tough this year
Mon Dec 16 2024
Broadband Breakfast: Ramping Up the BEAD Workforce: 5 Things States, ISPs, and Construction Firms Can Be Doing Now
Tue Dec 10 2024
Connected Nation: How Louisiana solved the BEAD Rubik’s Cube
Mon Dec 09 2024
Pluribus News: Louisiana leads in nationwide broadband buildout
Thu Dec 05 2024
Mobile Time: Meta invests $10 billion to build AI data center in Louisiana
Thu Dec 05 2024
Cajun Broadband: Closer Look Into Upcoming Project Areas
Wed Nov 27 2024
Biz New Orleans: AT&T Wins $55M in BEAD Funding to Expand Fiber Internet to 20,000+ Locations in Louisiana
Wed Nov 27 2024
Lightwave + BTR: Building Broadband: altafiber targets 43K Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana locations with fiber; Brightspeed awarded first BEAD funds from Louisiana
Tue Nov 26 2024
KSLA News: $15 million+ to be awarded to AT&T to help eliminate the digital divide in several north Louisiana parishes
Mon Nov 25 2024
MSN/KSLA: $15 million+ to be awarded to AT&T to help eliminate the digital divide in several north Louisiana parishes
Mon Nov 25 2024
The Plaquemines Gazette: Southern Plaquemines Parish to Receive New Fiber-Optic Technology for Internet
Mon Nov 25 2024
Natchitoches Times: State will disperse $1.4 billion to support broadband access
Sat Nov 23 2024
Telecompaper: Brightspeed receives USD 7.5 mln BEAD funding from Louisiana
Fri Nov 22 2024
LightReading: The Buildout: Brightspeed cheers first BEAD win in Louisiana as ‘just the beginning’
Fri Nov 22 2024
The Shreveport-Bossier City: ‘We are truly invested’: Northwest LA internet benefits from grants and more, AT&T says
Fri Nov 22 2024
Telecompetitor: Brightspeed Offers Details On Its Louisiana BEAD Award
Fri Nov 22 2024
Light Reading: T-Mobile stays silent on its BEAD plans in Louisiana
Fri Nov 22 2024
Brightspeed via PR Newswire: Brightspeed Augments Multi-Billion-Dollar Fiber Network Build with its First BEAD Program Award
Thu Nov 21 2024
EIN Presswire: eCommunity Fiber to Bridge the Digital Divide in Ouachita and Vermilion Parishes
Thu Nov 21 2024
The Manila Times: Brightspeed Awarded $7M+ in Federal BEAD Funds to Reach Thousands More Families in Rural Louisiana with High-Speed Internet Service
Thu Nov 21 2024
KNOE: Comcast to expand broadband network into Calhoun
Thu Nov 21 2024
Pelican Broadband: Pelican Broadband Receives Preliminary Award Through Louisiana’s GUMBO 2.0 Program to Expand Fiber Optic Broadband Access in Natchitoches, Coushatta, and Provencal
Wed Nov 20 2024
BDC Radio: Pelican Broadband Receives Preliminary Award Through Louisiana’s GUMBO 2.0 Program to Expand Fiber Optic Broadband Access in Natchitoches, Coushatta, and Provencal
Wed Nov 20 2024
Biloxi News: Governor Landry awards nearly $1.4 billion for broadband
Wed Nov 20 2024
Myarklamiss.com: Governor Landry awards nearly $1.4 billion for broadband
Wed Nov 20 2024
Congressman Troy A. Carter: X (Twitter) Post
Tue Nov 19 2024
Cajun Broadband: Cajun Broadband Secures Major GUMBO 2.0 Grant for Fiber Network Expansion
Tue Nov 19 2024
National Telecommunications and Information Administration: Every State and Territory is Ready to Implement Internet for All
Tue Nov 19 2024
103.3 The Goat: Will Louisiana Rural Areas Soon Have High Speed Internet?
Tue Nov 19 2024
Biz New Orleans: Louisiana’s Largest Broadband Project Set to Take Off with $450M in New Funding
Tue Nov 19 2024
Light Reading: Louisiana to award 95% of BEAD funds for fiber
Tue Nov 19 2024
The Shreveport-Bossier City Advocate: Millions more deployed in fiber upgrades. Will northwest Louisiana internet be faster?
Tue Nov 19 2024
State Affairs Louisiana: News about the tax special session, broadband rollout, more
Tue Nov 19 2024
Telecompetitor: BEAD News: All Initial Proposals Approved, Dashboard Updated
Tue Nov 19 2024
St. Mary Now: Cajun Broadband Grant will Fund High-Speed Internet in St. Mary
Tue Nov 19 2024
National Governors Association: X (Twitter) Post
Tue Nov 19 2024
BRPROUD: $1.355 billion to expand broadband access for Louisiana homes, businesses, schools
Mon Nov 18 2024
Broadband Breakfast: Louisiana First State to Release Its Final Plans for BEAD
Mon Nov 18 2024
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy: Cassidy, Landry Celebrate Louisiana Leading Nation in Broadband Deployment
Mon Nov 18 2024
AT&T: AT&T Awarded Nearly $55 Million in BEAD Funding to Deliver Fiber Internet Access to More Than 20,000 Customer Locations in Louisiana
Mon Nov 18 2024
AT&T: X (Twitter) Post
Mon Nov 18 2024
Nola Newswire: Louisiana Leads Nation in Broadband Deployment, Landry Announces Historic $1.355 Billion in Broadband Awards to Eliminate the State’s Digital Divide
Mon Nov 18 2024
KPLC7: Louisiana’s largest broadband project set to take off with new funding
Mon Nov 18 2024
MSN/KPLC7: Louisiana’s largest broadband project set to take off with new funding
Mon Nov 18 2024
Telecompetitor: First BEAD Funding Announced: Here Are the Louisiana Awardees!
Mon Nov 18 2024
Broadband IO: Meet Veneeth, LA – Louisiana Announces Subgrantee Award Winners
Mon Nov 18 2024
Gonzales Weekly Citizen: Gonzales-based REV will be part of state’s largest broadband project
Mon Nov 18 2024
Cablefax: Louisiana First to Announce BEAD Subgrantees
Mon Nov 18 2024
Louisiana Radio Network: Landry awards almost $1.4B to bridge the digital divide
Mon Nov 18 2024
Bossier Press-Tribune: Louisiana Leads Nation in Broadband Deployment, Landry Announces Historic $1.355 Billion in Broadband Awards to Eliminate the State’s Digital Divide
Mon Nov 18 2024
PoliticoPro: Louisiana picks internet providers set to deliver on Biden’s broadband promises
Mon Nov 18 2024
Benton Institute for Broadband & Society: BEAD’s progress and variety
Wed Oct 16 2024
AN17: Cassidy discusses rural broadband, appropriation for Airport Road roundabout at Amite Chamber
Tue Sep 03 2024
The Jena Times: LaSalle Students Attend Governor’s Event
Wed Aug 28 2024
KNOE: U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy visits Monroe to discuss business, environmental care
Wed Aug 28 2024
Telecompetitor: Louisiana Broadband Director Details Route to Nation’s First BEAD Awards
Wed Aug 28 2024
KSLA: Sen Bill Cassidy talks Gumbo 2.0, airport funding & more
Tue Aug 27 2024
The National Law Review: Telecom Alert
Mon Aug 26 2024
KALB: Sen. Cassidy talks federal & state partnerships at NRBIA town hall luncheon in Pineville
Mon Aug 26 2024
Benton Institute for Broadband & Society: Louisiana Still Expects to Be First to Award BEAD Broadband Funds
Fri Aug 23 2024
KNOE: More than $1.3 billion supporting broadband access across LA.
Fri Aug 23 2024
GovTech: What’s New in Digital Equity: Highlighting Indigenous Work
Thu Aug 22 2024
KPLC: City offers alternative options for providers after new law limits broadband funding
Thu Aug 22 2024
The Eunice News: $1.35 billion broadband program launched
Wed Aug 21 2024
The Advocate: Editorial: Gumbo 2.0 broadband program will be a gamechanger for Louisiana
Wed Aug 21 2024
WBRZ: Sen. Bill Cassidy talks with 2une In about broadband Internet, flood insurance
Wed Aug 21 2024
Red River Radio: Louisiana’s GUMBO 2.0 to Bridge the Digital Divide in Rural Areas
Tue Aug 20 2024
Light Reading: BEAD applications are open in Louisiana, Montana
Tue Aug 20 2024
K94.5: Gov. Landry Announces Billion Dollar Internet Expansion
Tue Aug 20 2024
State Affairs: Political Chatter
Tue Aug 20 2024
Telecompetitor.com: As Louisiana Accepts BEAD Broadband Funding Applications, 33 Providers Are Cleared to Bid
Tue Aug 20 2024
Benton Institute for Broadband & Society: Governor Landry Announces the Launch of the Largest Broadband Expansion Program in the History of Louisiana
Tue Aug 20 2024
WDSU: Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry announces launch of largest broadband expansion in state history
Tue Aug 20 2024
Talk 107.3 FM: Broadband in Louisiana Set the Tone for the Entire Nation
Mon Aug 19 2024
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