The Hong Kong activists who’ve taken on Apple
01.30.12
Information on Apple's supply chain abuses comes from a determined band of Hong Kong labor activists. Read More »
Public Safety Archives
House Democrats Introduce New Public Safety Broadband Network Bill
11.30.11
Shut out by Republicans, House Democrats introduce their own spectrum bill Read More »
FCC Chairman: The U.S. broadband economy is strong and growing
10.02.11
The Internet is the bright spot in the U.S. economy, said Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski. Read More »
Obama Jobs Bill Includes Allocation of Public Safety Spectrum
09.14.11
The new Obama jobs bill addresses the popular, but still not passed, first responders communications network. According to the White House: "The plan follows the model in the bipartisan legislation from Senators Rockefeller and Hutchison in including an investment to develop and deploy a nationwide, interoperable wireless network for public safety." Read More »
Nation Needs D-Block To Modernize Emergency Communications
07.19.11
The September 11 attacks revealed that a coordinated response was extremely difficult because first responders from different jurisdictions used radios with different frequencies. 10 years later, many emergency departments are still struggling with a national patchwork system of communication. Read More »
Long Past Time For A Dedicated Public Safety Network
07.13.11
The Communications Workers of America is supporting two parallel congressional bills allocating the D-Block wireless spectrum for a dedicated public safety network. Read More »
White House Backs Development of Modern Public Safety Network
06.30.11
Earlier this month, Vice President Biden announced the launch of the Wireless Innovation and Infrastructure Initiative, a program designed to support the development and deployment of a fully interoperable nationwide network for public safety officials. Read More »
Senate Commerce Committee Approves Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act
06.13.11
An interoperable public safety network is one step closer to becoming a reality. On June 8, the Senate Commerce Committee overwhelmingly approved S.911, the Public Safety and Wireless Innovation Act. Read More »
White House Builds Support for Spectrum Auction
04.12.11
A panel event hosted by the White House on April 6 highlighted support for legislation allowing the FCC to compensate broadcasters for returned spectrum. Voluntary spectrum auctions are a market-friendly solution to free up spectrum for public safety and wireless broadband. Read More »
House Introduces Legislation Promoting D-Block Allocation
04.01.11
Rep. Peter King (R-NY), chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, introduced a bill last week to allocate 10MHz of airwaves to public safety. The re-allocated band of spectrum, known as the D-block, would be an essential tool for first responders who face heightened spectrum demand during emergency situations. Read More »
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