The Commerce Department plans a meeting Wednesday on public safety broadband,...
The Commerce Department plans a meeting Wednesday on public safety broadband, an NTIA spokeswoman confirmed. The event, which isn’t a public forum, is “part of an ongoing outreach effort by the Administration to discuss with stakeholders what’s needed in order…
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to develop a nationwide, interoperable wireless broadband network for public safety,” she said. “This meeting in particular will be to learn more about some of the technical requirements necessary for such a network as well as some of the applications today that are being utilized to serve public safety.” The meeting isn’t about the D-block, a source said. Attendees may include the White House Chief Technology Officer, the Commerce and Justice Departments, and senior executives from network operators and broadband vendors, said wireless industry analyst Andrew Seybold in a blog post dated Aug. 23. It doesn’t appear that any public safety officials have been invited, he said.