Vecima Announces Expansion of Manufacturing of Certain Entra Access Products to the US for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program

Vecima Networks intends to expand manufacturing into the US for certain products in its Entra portfolio. By establishing a US manufacturing program, Vecima expects to increase its operations to meet the proposed Build America, Buy America (BABA) requirements under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. Presently, two of Vecima’s broadband access products—the Entra SF-4X Remote Optical Line Terminal (OLT) and the Entra EN8100 Remote PHY Access Node—are compliant with the BABA requirements pertaining to the Middle-Mile Broadband Infrastructure Program. Vecima anticipates that Vecima will be part of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) list of BABA-compliant vendors for the BEAD program upon finalization of those requirements and its USmanufacturing operations.