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Arizona BEAD funding

Arizona's BEAD final proposal covers 161,648 locations. 118,170 of them (73.1%) are slated for fiber to the premises, which ranks Arizona #6 of 51 for fiber locations. The deployment cost is $446.1 million against an original allocation of $993.1 million.

Allocation
$993.1 million
Deployment cost
$446.1 million
Locations
161,648
Fiber locations
118,170

Technology mix

Fiber to the premises118,17073.1%
Fixed wireless32,72620.2%
Low earth orbit satellite10,3436.4%
Other4090.3%

Who won BEAD money in Arizona

10 providers, largest grant first. The ones building fiber or cable are the ones hiring construction crews.

Wecom LLC
$195.8 million
67,380 locations · Fiber (99%) / Satellite (LEO) (1%) · provider match $167.4 million · est. completion October 28, 2027 · about 1,527 mi buried + 1,888 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
Coconino, Pinal, Navajo, Yavapai, La Paz, Mohave, Maricopa, Gila
Navajo Nation
$148.6 million
16,940 locations · Licensed fixed wireless (64%) / Fiber (24%) / Satellite (LEO) (11%) · provider match $49.7 million · est. completion December 15, 2028
Navajo Nation
31,524 locations · Fiber (70%) / Licensed fixed wireless (30%) · provider match $59.7 million · est. completion December 31, 2027 · about 391 mi buried + 854 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
Cochise, Greenlee, Mohave, Graham
8,444 locations · Fiber · provider match $49.1 million · est. completion February 1, 2028 · about 483 mi buried + 365 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
Pima
10,535 locations · Licensed fixed wireless (66%) / Unlicensed fixed wireless (34%) · provider match $5.4 million · est. completion December 16, 2028
Maricopa
7,946 locations · Satellite (LEO) · provider match $12.6 million · est. completion September 1, 2028
Cochise, Coconino, Apache, Mohave, Fort McDowell, Maricopa, Greenlee, Kaibab Indian, Havasupai, Hopi, Hualapai Indian, Gila, Graham, Navajo, Pinal, Tonto Apache, Santa Cruz, Pima, Tohono O'odham, Zuni
13,297 locations · Fiber · provider match $161.9 million · est. completion January 1, 2028 · about 979 mi buried + 364 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
Pinal, Pima
448 locations · Other (91%) / Fiber (9%) · provider match $2.3 million · est. completion May 31, 2029 · about 37 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
Tohono O'odham
Mediacom LLC
$5.8 million
3,375 locations · Fiber · provider match $10.3 million · est. completion December 15, 2028 · about 140 mi buried + 60 mi aerial fiber (state estimate)
Santa Cruz
1,759 locations · Licensed fixed wireless · provider match $758,785 · est. completion May 3, 2028
Yuma

Source: Arizona Commerce Authority, BEAD final proposal exhibits (subgrantees, deployment projects, locations and CAIs, 12/2/2025) (retrieved 2026-09-24). Grants total $446,123,358.93 and locations 161,648 (160,404 locations plus 1,244 community anchor institutions), both matching NTIA. Areas are the project area names in the state file. Fiber miles are the state's estimates. Provisional awards can change as the state finalizes agreements.

What it means for contractors

Fiber locations are the ones that turn into construction: underground and aerial placement, boring, splicing, drops, and restoration. The providers that won these areas build them, often with subcontractors. Check the Arizona broadband office's BEAD page for the providers selected in each area. Those providers, and the primes they hire, are who to call about sub work.

Arizona BEAD officeNTIA state pageFinal proposal overview (PDF)Arizona 811 rules

Fiber work in Arizona on the board

No open fiber posts in Arizona right now. Post work or list your crew, both free.

Fiber crews that work in Arizona

Defined Construction LLC
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Source: NTIA, final proposal overview updated November 24, 2025. NTIA marks these figures subject to change pending final review. All states.