John Kneuer, most recently NTIA administrator, has landed at Riva...
John Kneuer, most recently NTIA administrator, has landed at Rivada Networks, which specializes in interoperable public-safety communications. As senior vice president of strategic planning and external affairs for Rivada, Kneuer expects to be involved in some public policy making,…
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but his main role will be in building Rivada’s business, he said. He will be showing public safety it need not wait for a shared broadband wireless network to be built by the eventual 700 MHz D block winner, he said. “There is certainly some operational and timing uncertainty around the public safety interoperable network,” he told us. “This enables public safety to have an interoperable broadband network in weeks, not years.” Kneuer doubts the shared network will solve the problems with public safety agencies that have difficulty working together, he said, noting that the Public Safety Spectrum Trust’s existence doesn’t eliminate control and training questions. Rivada Networks contracted with the Louisiana Army National Guard to build a high-speed voice and data system for day-to-day Guard operations and disaster response. Rivada deploys a CDMA and satellite system using existing commercial resources. Kneuer wouldn’t identify Rivada’s CDMA wholesale partner. Sprint Nextel and Verizon Wireless use that air interface.