The FirstNet board will extend the negotiation period...
The FirstNet board will extend the negotiation period with the seven partially suspended broadband stimulus grantees, it said in a resolution released Wednesday. NTIA suspended the seven grants devoted to public safety broadband networks, last summer due to concerns the…
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projects might conflict with FirstNet and waste money. The FirstNet board began working with the projects, funded in part by NTIA’s Broadband Technology Opportunities Program, in February in order to reauthorize them as FirstNet pilots, setting up a 90-day window to negotiate spectrum leasing. FirstNet board member Sue Swenson has handled the negotiations for FirstNet. “There continues to be substantial progress in such negotiations, but Sue Swenson has advised the Board that she and each of the recipients have concluded that an additional 30-day extension of the negotiations period is required for such negotiations to be completed,” the resolution said. “Each of the recipients has notified Sue Swenson by electronic mail that it agrees to an additional extension in its negotiations process with FirstNet.” Negotiations will continue through July 12 now, it said.