WISPA Welcomes Revised BEAD Guidance but Seeks Further Change
The Wireless ISP Association welcomed NTIA’s final guidance on the use of BEAD funding for deploying alternative broadband technologies but said work remains (see 2501020038). Released Thursday, the guidance “creates a larger role for cost-effective and efficient technology solutions --…
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such as unlicensed fixed wireless (uFW) spectrum -- from which states can choose for their BEAD deployments, thereby promoting greater participation and competition, and making finite BEAD dollars go further,” WISPA CEO David Zumwalt said Thursday. But the organization believes “uFW broadband that otherwise meets baseline standards should not remain sidelined from the definition of Reliable Broadband Service."