FCC Field Hearing on Disasters Includes 2 Panels
A virtual field hearing on lessons from Hurricane Ida and other recent disasters appears likely to dominate the FCC’s Oct. 26 meeting, with two panels to start at 11 a.m. EDT, said a notice in Wednesday’s Daily Digest. One panel…
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will offer “first-hand accounts from public safety and communications industry stakeholders responding to disasters with the goal of exploring what works, what doesn’t, and what lessons can we learn from their experiences,” the notice said: It will discuss “steps that have been, could be, and should be taken to build resiliency into networks to improve their availability and accessibility for all affected communities.” The second panel is expected to explore the voluntary wireless network resiliency cooperative framework, launched by industry in 2016, and includes a speaker from CTIA. At their last meeting, commissioners approved an NPRM on making networks more resilient during disasters (see 2109300069).