NTIA Chief: BEAD Guidance on Non-Fiber Alternative Networks Coming Soon

NASHVILLE, July 29, 2024 – The agency in charge of the Biden administration’s flagship broadband expansion program will put out new guidance on using alternative technologies – like unlicensed wireless and low-earth orbit satellites – in “a couple of weeks,” its top official said on Monday.

“We’re putting this out for public comment, and we really invite you all to take a look at it,” National Telecommunications and Information Administration Administrator Alan Davidson told network operators gathered here at the Fiber Connect trade show. “Standby soon – that’s coming out very shortly.”