NTIA Finalizes BEAD ‘Buy America’ Waivers

WASHINGTON, February 23, 2024 – In a waiver issued Friday, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration found that the U.S. supply of semiconductors and electronics utilized in fiber-optic networks falls short of the amount needed for a current $42.5 billion federal broadband expansion program.

With the waiver now finalized, the NTIA is waiving a program requirement that certain electronics and equipment used in broadband projects funded by the Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment program be domestically sourced in the United States.