RE-Mapping BEAD Toolkit (2H 2025)

On June 6th, 2025 the NTIA released the BEAD Restructuring Policy Notice.  It rewrote many of the rules of the BEAD program. One of the most consequential changes is the requirement that Eligible Entities (state broadband offices) republish their maps of eligible locations (unserved or underserved, and unfunded) to acknowledge locations that are covered by qualifying unlicensed fixed wireless (ULFW) and to reflect recent changes to the national map. The RE-Mapping BEAD Toolkit calculates the locations that were unserved or underserved, and unfunded, under the original rules, net of any locations that are currently served by qualifying (100 Mbps / 20 Mbps / low latency) unlicensed fixed wireless. The methodology is: Begin with the latest version of the FCC fabric (v6) and the associated BDC coverage data, reflecting networks as of 12-31-2024. Identify all unserved or underfunded locations, then remove those locations that are subject to an enforceable commitment for the deployment of q