Iowa BEAD funding
Iowa's BEAD final proposal covers 37,634 locations. 19,136 of them (50.8%) are slated for fiber to the premises, which ranks Iowa #30 of 51 for fiber locations. The deployment cost is $182.3 million against an original allocation of $415.3 million.
Allocation
$415.3 million
Deployment cost
$182.3 million
Locations
37,634
Fiber locations
19,136
Technology mix
| Fiber to the premises | 19,136 | 50.8% |
| Fixed wireless | 14,910 | 39.6% |
| Low earth orbit satellite | 3,588 | 9.5% |
Who won BEAD money in Iowa
43 providers, largest grant first. The ones building fiber or cable are the ones hiring construction crews.
Mediacom LLC
$100.4 million
11,124 locations · Fiber · provider match $60.4 million · est. completion October 31, 2028 · about 6,779 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
Grand River Mutual Telephone Corporation
$10.9 million
621 locations · Fiber · provider match $3.6 million · est. completion December 31, 2028 · about 737 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
13,330 locations · Licensed fixed wireless · provider match $3.3 million · est. completion January 1, 2028 · about 13 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
Citizens Mutual Telephone Cooperative
$8.4 million
984 locations · Fiber · provider match $2.8 million · est. completion September 30, 2029 · about 1,558 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
$5.6 million
3,588 locations · Satellite (LEO) · provider match $5.1 million · est. completion January 1, 2027
Maquoketa Valley Electric Cooperative
$5.3 million
629 locations · Fiber · provider match $1.8 million · est. completion January 1, 2030 · about 286 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
Shellsburg Cablevision, Inc.
$5.0 million
601 locations · Fiber · provider match $9.0 million · est. completion October 1, 2029 · about 410 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
BTC, Inc.
$4.8 million
623 locations · Fiber · provider match $3.1 million · est. completion April 30, 2029 · about 1,071 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
Huxley Communications Cooperative
$4.3 million
1,095 locations · Fiber · provider match $1.4 million · est. completion December 31, 2029 · about 1,208 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
Farmers' Telephone Company
$2.5 million
198 locations · Fiber · provider match $828,113 · est. completion September 30, 2029 · about 193 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
Partner Communications Cooperative
$2.5 million
194 locations · Fiber · provider match $1.6 million · est. completion June 1, 2028 · about 366 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
Kalona Cooperative Telephone Co
$1.9 million
514 locations · Licensed fixed wireless (80%) / Fiber (20%) · provider match $638,114 · est. completion September 30, 2027 · about 257 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
Jefferson Telephone Company
$1.6 million
204 locations · Fiber · provider match $539,308 · est. completion September 30, 2026 · about 194 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
Coon Valley Cooperative Telephone
$1.6 million
161 locations · Fiber · provider match $1.6 million · est. completion September 30, 2028 · about 499 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
Dumont Telephone Company
$1.5 million
117 locations · Fiber · provider match $502,809 · est. completion December 31, 2027 · about 293 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
Muscatine Power & Water
$1.3 million
317 locations · Fiber · provider match $437,463 · est. completion July 1, 2029 · about 102 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
Butler-Bremer Mutual Telephone Company
$1.3 million
97 locations · Fiber · provider match $435,240 · est. completion March 31, 2027 · about 260 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
Mediapolis Telephone Company
$1.2 million
123 locations · Fiber · provider match $395,965 · est. completion December 1, 2028 · about 126 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
Cascade Communications Company
$1.2 million
114 locations · Fiber · provider match $693,883 · est. completion December 31, 2027 · about 102 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
Miles Communications LLC
$1.0 million
125 locations · Fiber · provider match $338,220 · est. completion December 31, 2027 · about 232 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
Long Lines Broadband
$943,458
128 locations · Fiber · provider match $508,016 · est. completion June 30, 2027 · about 430 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
Midwest Data Center, Inc.
$908,973
589 locations · Fiber · provider match $302,991 · est. completion December 10, 2029 · about 319 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
Central Iowaa Broadband NOFA9
$778,981
98 locations · Fiber · provider match $259,660 · est. completion January 1, 2028 · about 114 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
175 locations · Fiber · provider match $2.1 million · est. completion July 30, 2028 · about 112 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
Harmony Telephone
$689,653
41 locations · Fiber · provider match $229,884 · est. completion April 30, 2028 · about 67 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
Louisa Communications
$604,942
408 locations · Licensed fixed wireless · provider match $201,647 · est. completion July 1, 2027
Sully Telephone Association
$598,837
89 locations · Fiber · provider match $598,837 · est. completion October 31, 2028 · about 45 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
37 locations · Fiber · provider match $369,799 · est. completion December 31, 2026 · about 52 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
Hawkeye Interconnect Company
$492,715
98 locations · Fiber · provider match $934,127 · est. completion March 31, 2027 · about 314 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
Sharon Telephone Company
$429,750
43 locations · Fiber · provider match $143,250 · est. completion August 1, 2026 · about 191 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
Mechanicsville Telephone Company
$424,125
86 locations · Fiber · provider match $141,375 · est. completion December 31, 2027 · about 85 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
Mi-Fiber, LLC
$390,795
46 locations · Fiber · provider match $130,265 · est. completion December 31, 2028 · about 344 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
80 locations · Fiber · provider match $572,504 · est. completion November 25, 2026 · about 73 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
Cumberland Telephone Company
$371,870
50 locations · Fiber · provider match $371,870 · est. completion July 29, 2027 · about 327 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
GigFire LLC
$367,730
406 locations · Licensed fixed wireless · provider match $122,577 · est. completion January 1, 2030
Farmers Mutual Communications
$351,925
102 locations · Fiber · provider match $117,308 · est. completion December 31, 2027 · about 242 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
207 locations · Licensed fixed wireless · provider match $101,894 · est. completion January 1, 2028
Alpine Communications, L.C.
$229,941
18 locations · Fiber · provider match $76,647 · est. completion December 3, 2027 · about 30 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
F&B Communications, Inc.
$210,064
15 locations · Fiber · provider match $70,021 · est. completion December 31, 2027 · about 51 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
Western Iowa Wireless Inc
$116,380
107 locations · Licensed fixed wireless · provider match $38,793 · est. completion June 30, 2026
6 locations · Fiber · provider match $24,529 · est. completion January 1, 2028 · about 28 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
Central Broadband
$57,098
42 locations · Unlicensed fixed wireless · provider match $57,098 · est. completion October 1, 2026
Casey Mutual Telephone
$24,027
4 locations · Fiber · provider match $51,057 · est. completion December 31, 2027 · about 194 mi buried fiber (state estimate)
Source: Iowa Department of Management, Broadband Office: BEAD Final Proposal files (approved) (approved 2025-11-24). Summed per provider from Iowa's approved Final Proposal files. Grants total $182,302,422.05 and locations 37,634, both matching NTIA. 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 Iowa 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.
Fiber work in Iowa on the board
No open fiber posts in Iowa right now. Post work or list your crew, both free.
Source: NTIA, final proposal overview updated November 9, 2025. NTIA marks these figures subject to change pending final review. All states.