Most BEAD awards get split across five vendors.

Every handoff between them is a gap your team has to bridge, and every gap is a risk that lands on you, not on them. AEX closes every gap with two things: one software platform and one infrastructure partner.

Let's talk about how to get you from grant to ROI fast!

AEX Software Platform

One platform - from serviceability to revenue

The system of record that runs the subscriber lifecycle, so grantees can get to paying subscribers fast and prove it to funders.

  • Coverage & Planning: Live, accurate address data across your footprint, from pre-build through active service

  • Sales & Acquisition: Product, campaign, and order management connected directly to real-time serviceability

  • Appointment Scheduling & Installation: Self-scheduling, task workflows, and automated notifications that keep install day on track

  • Network Management: Zero-touch provisioning and proactive monitoring built into the same platform as billing and support

  • 360° Customer Management: Billing, service history, and support in one subscriber view, with billing triggered automatically at activation 

Managed Services & Infrastructure

One partner - for all your network operations

The network operations layer that runs the network, so grantees don't have to staff a carrier-grade team.

  • Carrier Services: Backbone connectivity and Internet Exchange access across a national, predominantly dark-fiber network

  • Virtual ISP Platform: Internet Exchange, backbone, NOC, and equipment procurement, bundled and ready to deploy today

  • Managed Network Services: 24/7/365 NOC monitoring and Tier-2/3 support, proven at 300,000+ active subscribers

  • Support Services: White-label subscriber helpdesk delivered under your brand

  • Equipment Procurement: Sourcing and deployment across Nokia, Calix, and other vendors, BABA-compliant

300+

Active POPs

300K+

Active Subscribers

14

States Live

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Case Study: Ripple Fiber

Ripple Fiber started as a 13-person team with no operational infrastructure. Using AEX's software and managed services, Ripple became a 10-state operator passing more than 250,000 homes, doubling year on year.

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Want it all run for you?

For grantees with no existing operational infrastructure, the BEAD Virtual ISP Platform delivers the software and the infrastructure together, as one fully outsourced bundle.

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Managed Services & Infrastructure

Fully managed from day one. AEX Software is also available now, licensed directly for grantees who want to run the platform themselves.

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AEX Software, Fully Managed

Delivered as a managed, hosted service inside the same bundle, alongside expanded compliance capability, including SOC 2 Type II.

See how AEX runs a BEAD build end-to-end.

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