PCIA President Urges Development of 'Wireless Workforce of the Future'
PCIA President Jonathan Adelstein urged government, industry and education leaders to collaborate to develop a "wireless workforce of the future" to keep pace with the increased demand for wireless data. "Wireless infrastructure will carry the heaviest load in easing the…
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wireless data crunch," Adelstein said Wednesday during the Wireless Industry Workforce Development Summit at the White House. "Our goal is to improve the proficiency of every aspect of the skilled workforce that builds, upgrades, and maintains wireless broadband infrastructure," he said. During the summit meeting, Adelstein commended the Obama administration's recognition of the importance of the wireless infrastructure industry and the president's Wednesday announcement of a pilot project expansion to provide broadband access to public housing residents. "The Digital Divide exists in urban as well as rural America," Adelstein, a former FCC commissioner, said. "Today's announcement will help bridge that divide and bring us one step closer to achieving the goal of ubiquitous broadband coverage."