Marching orders from FCC Chmn. Powell—besides removing obstacl...
Marching orders from FCC Chmn. Powell -- besides removing obstacles to broadband and pushing it forward -- center on reducing interoperability of emergency response and law enforcement communications and reducing interference, FCC Office of Engineering & Technology Network Technology…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
If your job depends on informed compliance, you need International Trade Today. Delivered every business day and available any time online, only International Trade Today helps you stay current on the increasingly complex international trade regulatory environment.
Div. Chief Jeffrey Goldthorp told Wireless Communications Assn. session in San Jose Mon. He said FCC’s Homeland Security Policy Council priorities were: (1) Reviving Network Reliability & Interoperability Council (NRIC), focusing on curbing and recovering from physical and cyberthreats. (2) Considering media counterpart to NRIC. (3) Working with other agencies to ensure network reliability, redundancy and protection. (4) Pushing E911 aggressively. (5) Working out wireless priority access balancing customers’ and govt. needs. Near term, Goldthorp said, council will promptly consider: (1) Measures to give adequate spectrum to public safety uses and minimize interference with them, especially in 800 MHz band. (2) Verizon’s request for priority access waiver. (3) Wireline providers’ bids for waiver extensions to restore equipment damaged Sept. 11.