US wavers on BEAD buy American rules

The US government has published draft guidelines outlining the equipment that may be purchased from outside the US for use under the BEAD programme.
Kit makers have been waiting for clarity from the the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) on the waivers it will likely implement with regard to the ‘buy American’ rules governing the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) programme.
The draft rules sug