The FCC continues to see progress in restoring Haiti’s communicat...
The FCC continues to see progress in restoring Haiti’s communications infrastructure, but there’s much more to be done, commission officials said at Thursday’s meeting. Over a month after a major earthquake hit the island nation, mobile networks are almost…
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100 percent operational and emergency service lines are working, but wireline and cable networks are completely down, Chairman Julius Genachowski said. An assessment team was in to the country Jan. 25-31. “We coordinated with many international organizations and non-government organizations,” said International Bureau Chief Mindel De La Torre. The teams were a “matchmaker” and worked to identify the needs and the resources to meet those needs, she said. The Public Safety Bureau also deployed a team to monitor spectrum. The efforts underscore “the importance of systems being in place on an agency basis and having leadership teams in place to be ready to take the steps necessary in times of crisis,” Genachowski said. This isn’t a hundred-yard dash, “but a long, hard task of endurance that we're going to have to slog out on the field,” Commissioner Michael Copps said.