NBC has confirmed to CNN that Brian Williams' on-air suspension is officially over. Williams has been suspended from the network for six months after it was discovered that he "exaggerated" a story about being shot down in a helicopter mission during the Iraq war.

"NBC told CNNMoney on Tuesday that Williams will assume his new role as a breaking news anchor for MSNBC in mid-September, but no date has been set."

Williams' suspension began in February after "Williams was forced to recant his claim to have been aboard a helicopter that was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade in 2003. Soon, Williams and NBC faced questions about other suspicious anecdotes he had shared publicly over the years."

As the stories about Williams' exaggerations dominated the media, NBC slapped him with a six-month suspension from his job as anchor of the "NBC Nightly News."

While Williams was sidelined, NBC conducted an in-house investigation that uncovered at least 10 other embellishments in the anchor's past. Some observers doubted that Williams would ever return to NBC.

Lester Holt, who replaced Williams while he was on suspension, has been given the anchor job permanently.

Williams has been quiet since he addressed the situation during an appearance on NBC's "Today" show in June. In the interview, Williams admitted to saying "things that weren't true," but insisted that he "wasn't trying to mislead people."

"This was clearly ego driven, the desire to better my role in a story I was already in," Williams said.