Davidson Praises Vecima for American-Made BEAD Equipment Availability

NTIA Administrator Alan Davidson praised Vecima Wednesday following the company's announcement that its first American-made broadband electronics are available for networks built with broadband, equity, access and deployment program funding (see 2407300025). "In support of our major infrastructure investments, companies like Vecima and MARA Technologies have answered the call to build the network equipment needed to connect everyone in America to affordable, reliable high-speed Internet service," Davidson said. "The Biden-Harris Administration is committed to delivering Internet for All with materials, like the network electronics rolling off the line today, manufactured by workers in America." Vecima announced in February that it was partnering with MARA Technologies to manufacture fiber-to-the-premises optical line terminals at its Michigan facility.