The FirstNet board will extend the negotiation period with the seven partially suspended broadbandnstimulus grantees, it said in a resolution released Wednesday. NTIA suspended the seven grants devoted tonpublic safety broadband networks, last summer due to concerns the projects might conflict with FirstNet andnwaste money. The FirstNet board began working with the projects, funded in part by NTIA’s BroadbandnTechnology Opportunities Program, in February in order to reauthorize them as FirstNet pilots, setting up an90-day window to negotiate spectrum leasing. FirstNet board member Sue Swenson has handled the negotiationsnfor FirstNet. “There continues to be substantial progress in such negotiations, but Sue Swenson hasnadvised the Board that she and each of the recipients have concluded that an additional 30-day extension ofnthe negotiations period is required for such negotiations to be completed,” the resolution said. “Each of thenrecipients has notified Sue Swenson by electronic mail that it agrees to an additional extension in its negotiationsnprocess with FirstNet.” Negotiations will continue through July 12 now, it said.
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