Industry Groups Offer Opinions on New BEAD Rules

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Headline: Broadband industry groups hold diverse opinions on the new rules for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) rural broadband funding program.
Article: After the new BEAD rules were announced on Friday — requiring a re-bidding process and technology neutrality — viewpoints from within the industry started pouring in.
On the positive side, WISPA – The Association for Broadband Without Boundaries President and CEO David Zumwalt said, “By prioritizing cost-effective, quickly deployable solutions that meet the IIJA’s baseline technical standards, the new Policy Notice eliminates the harmful delays — as well as the higher capital and operating costs — arising from BEAD’s prior positioning as a fiber-first program. It never needed to be, nor should it have been, that way.
Date: June 9, 2025
Read Full Article: Telecompetitor.com

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