FCC Releases Agenda for Model City Spectrum Workshop
The FCC released the agenda for its workshop with NTIA on a model city program on spectrum sharing technologies. The workshop kicks off Wednesday at 1 p.m. at FCC headquarters. It continues the next day with remarks scheduled by FCC…
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Chairman Tom Wheeler. The workshop will “explore different aspects of the Model City including the concept, scope, governance, process, technical considerations and funding alternatives,” the FCC said Monday. The program was recommended in a report by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (see 1404070044) and would pick one or more cities that agree to streamline regulations to allow for more ready testing of innovative uses of spectrum. City officials in Chicago and Washington, D.C., told the FCC last year they would be interested in taking part in the program (see 1409030034).