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When FirstNet was signed into law, The FirstNet Authority was created as an independent authority reporting to the National Telecommunications and Information Agency (NTIA) under the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC). It was funded with $7 Billion not from the U.S. Treasury but from proceeds of future spectrum auctions. Designed to be a public/private partnership, FirstNet recognized that the $7 Billion funding was only a “starter kit” to defray some but certainly not all FirstNet network build costs and development of The FirstNet Authority…
