Spectrum an Important Tool in Fighting Forest Fires, NTIA Says
Making effective use of spectrum is key to effectively fighting forest fires, said NTIA Associate Administrator Paige Atkins Monday in a blog post. So far in 2016, there have been more than 31,000 wildfires over nearly 3 million acres of…
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land, Atkins wrote. “These fires aren’t bound by borders, so cooperation between local, state and federal agencies is key,” she said. “NTIA, which manages federal spectrum use, sees cooperation as a cornerstone of its approach to getting the most out of the nation’s limited spectrum resources. Demand for spectrum is ever increasing -- federal agencies are developing more complex wireless systems to better perform critical missions, and industry is using spectrum to fuel a wireless revolution, connecting smartphones, tablets and other devices and objects at faster and faster speeds.”