A platform designed specifically for state broadband offices managing BEAD implementation.
Together we can close the digital divide.
At the heart of the Sanborn broadband data strategy is the Broadband Navigator™, a web-based application that helps state broadband offices track BEAD awards, monitor deployment progress, communicate project status, and maintain visibility into program outcomes. While the platform can incorporate related broadband datasets, its primary focus remains supporting BEAD program implementation, oversight, and reporting.
- Broadband Navigator™ combines a secure, stakeholder engagement and data management solution with Sanborn’s broadband expertise and dedicated client support. We partner with states throughout their broadband programs to help them navigate challenges, make informed decisions, and deliver results for their communities.
- Jenna Leveille
VP State & Local Government | Business Development & Strategy | State Broadband
The challenge process is over…
Are you ready for the next phase of BEAD?
Following BEAD award announcements, the focus expanded to tracking implementation and deployment progress. The latest version of the Navigator provides broadband offices with the tools needed to monitor where BEAD-funded projects are occurring, understand project status, evaluate progress toward statewide connectivity goals, and communicate outcomes to residents, providers, policymakers, and other stakeholders.
Purpose-Built for BEAD Deployment Tracking.
Once awards are made, broadband offices face a new challenge: tracking the progress of thousands of locations across multiple providers, technologies, and project areas. Navigator V2 was designed to meet this need by providing a centralized view of BEAD-funded deployment activity and program progress.
Broadband Navigator enables broadband offices to:
- Track construction and deployment status of BEAD-funded projects from award through completion.
- Review progress by provider, technology, project, county, or other geographic areas.
- View deployment and construction status reported by subgrantees.
- Monitor deployment metrics and completion trends.
- Understand which locations are included within BEAD-funded projects.
- Filter information dynamically to focus on specific projects, providers, technologies, and geographic areas.
- Generate reports and exports that support oversight, stakeholder communication, and program management.
Supporting Transparency and Accountability.
Broadband Navigator helps state broadband offices keep track of and process state challenges submitted by ISPs, anchor institutions or the public, from the submittal of evidence to its review and adjudication.
Broadband Navigator supports a collaborative environment for state staff so they can sequentially or jointly review challenges. With Navigator, each reviewer can check or change status, make notes, review the evidence, task and communicate with others to advance the process.
