Exploring BEAD’s Impact on Domestic and Overseas Telecom Equipment Purchase
The U.S government recently unveiled draft guidelines outlining permissible equipment purchases from outside the country under the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) programme. The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) has long delayed this clarity concerning waivers regarding the ‘buy American’ rules, which govern this $42.45 billion initiative. Unsurprisingly, the draft…