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New Jersey BEAD funding

New Jersey's BEAD final proposal covers 11,479 locations. 4,987 of them (43.4%) are slated for fiber to the premises, which ranks New Jersey #41 of 51 for fiber locations. The deployment cost is $62.2 million against an original allocation of $263.7 million.

Allocation
$263.7 million
Deployment cost
$62.2 million
Locations
11,479
Fiber locations
4,987

Technology mix

Fiber to the premises4,98743.4%
Hybrid fiber-coax (cable)4,08135.6%
Fixed wireless1,40912.3%
Low earth orbit satellite1,0028.7%

Who won BEAD money in New Jersey

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

7,597 locations · Fiber (46%) / Coaxial cable (54%) · provider match $144.3 million · est. completion December 31, 2029
Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Essex, Gloucester, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Ocean, Passaic, Salem and Union counties
Planet Networks
$8.3 million
1,357 locations · Fiber · provider match $2.8 million · est. completion June 1, 2029
Sussex and Warren counties
1,408 locations · Licensed fixed wireless · provider match $1.1 million · est. completion December 31, 2030
Monmouth, Morris and Somerset counties
1,002 locations · Satellite (LEO) · provider match $1.5 million · est. completion March 1, 2027
Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Ocean, Salem, Sussex and Warren counties
114 locations · Fiber · provider match $803,466 · est. completion January 1, 2028
Hunterdon County

Source: NJ Board of Public Utilities, Connect NJ subgrantee one-pagers (retrieved 2026-09-21). Grant and match as printed on each provider's one-pager. The five grants total $62,184,235.53, which matches NTIA's New Jersey deployment cost. 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 New Jersey 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.

New Jersey BEAD officeNTIA state pageFinal proposal overview (PDF)New Jersey 811 rules

Fiber work in New Jersey on the board

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

Fiber crews that work in New Jersey

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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.