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NTIA to Release Guidelines for Alternative Broadband Technologies Under BEAD

The NTIA aims to influence the use of alternative technologies to fiber optics and streamline permitting processes with new guidelines.

Jericho Casper

May 7, 2024 — 2 min read

Photo of Joey Wender, director of the Capital Projects Fund at Treasury, alongside other federal representatives, taken at Broadband Communities Summit 2024.

HOUSTON, May 7, 2024 – The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is very close to releasing new guidance on the utilization of alternative, non-fiber-optic technologies by states under the $42.5 billion Broadband, Equity Access and Deployment program.

“Coming soon is this alternative technologies approach which is going to be a critical tool for administrative offices in achieving universal coverage,” said Evan Feinman, director of broadband equity at the U.S. Department Of Commerce’s NTIA, at the Broadband Communities Summit on Tuesday.

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