New Hampshire FirstNet Opt-Out Review Committee Completes Work
New Hampshire’s FirstNet opt-out review committee didn’t recommend opt-in or opt-out in a final report for Gov. Chris Sununu (R) completed Tuesday, state and Rivada officials told us Wednesday. Sununu created the committee to mull regulatory and financial risks of…
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rejecting the AT&T state plan and building its own radio access network (see 1710160063). At a Tuesday meeting, the committee said “it would not recommend Opt-in, or Opt-out, but rather identify the risks associated with either decision,” said New Hampshire Single Point of Contact John Stevens. The report also discusses how the state could mitigate risks through contract negotiations, a Rivada spokesman said: “Now it is up to Sununu.” FirstNet and AT&T didn’t comment. States have until Dec. 28 to decide whether to opt out.