State officials have shelved a controversial plan to lease broadcast frequencies potentially worth up to $100 million to private telecommunications companies.
The state Educational Communications Board (ECB) announced on Friday that it was canceling a request for bids to lease the 33 educational broadband service frequencies owned by the state.
ECB officials said that while the bidding process was completely legal, they wanted to restart the process with more public input and full consideration by the ECB’s board of directors.