House Committee Hears Testimony on Broadband

A Congressional committee on Thursday heard testimony from several public safety officials about the development of an interoperable broadband network, trying to complete “unfinished business” that dates back to the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks and the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Specifically, the committee was interested in hearing feedback on several newly-offered proposals on how to assign 10 MHz of spectrum in the so-called D Block, which failed to attract sufficient bids in an auction last year. Among those testifying were William Bratton, chief of the LAPD, Jason Barbour, past-president of NENA, Stacey Black of AT&T and Brian Fontes, CEO of NENA. Read all of their testimony and watch video of the hearings here.