Congress needs to make sure FirstNet is funded...
Congress needs to make sure FirstNet is funded adequately, TIA President Grant Seiffert told House Communications Subcommittee leaders in a Thursday letter (http://bit.ly/Ik2Qef), released Friday. The subcommittee held an oversight hearing on FirstNet Thursday. The $7 billion slated for FirstNet…
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must become “available as planned” by law, which means “Congress should continue to urge the FCC to promptly and effectively implement the voluntary incentive auction of television broadcast spectrum, with a special focus on broadcaster outreach in the top 10 markets where the potential auction revenue from bidders is at the highest,” Seiffert wrote. Congress allocated $2 billion to FirstNet up front and as much as $5 billion from FCC spectrum auctions, assuming they earn that much.