Mississippi's Final Proposal was submitted to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) on September 4, 2025. NTIA will now review Mississippi's Final Proposal, along with the Final Proposal of every other state and U.S. Territory, and approve them on a rolling basis. Once approval is granted, BEAM can move the list of preliminary determinations to final determination status.
As required by the Restructuring Policy Notice from NTIA, BEAM accepted public comments for seven days (August 27 - September 3, 2025) on the Draft Final Proposal before submission. To view the Draft Final Proposal, please visit the BEAD Document Archive.
To comply with State statutory requirements, BEAM will accept comments and/or objections until September 26, 2025. Objections/comments from providers must be made through the portal at www.broadbandms.com. Objections/comments from all other entities should be emailed to msbead@beam.ms.gov or call our office for assistance at 601.359.5029.
List of Preliminary Awards by Project Area - The BEAD Map can be filtered to show project areas. (posted on 9/8/2025)
Final Proposal as Submitted to NTIA on September 4 (posted 9/5/2025)
Final Proposal Exhibits (posted 9/5/2025)
- Exhibit A - Subgrantees CSV File
- Exhibit B - Deployment Projects CSV File
- Exhibit C - BEAD Locations CSV File
- Exhibit D - No BEAD Locations CSV File
- Exhibit E - CAI CSV File
- Exhibit F - BEAD Program Monitoring Plan
- Exhibit G - EHP Plan
- Exhibit H - Draft Subaward Agreements