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Monday, May 14

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Commerce Department Looking for Input

By Brad

Via Brendan Sasso of The Hill, the Commerce Department is moving forward with a planned national public safety network:

The Commerce Department agency responsible for the government’s use of the airwaves will ask for comments on a planned nationwide public-safety broadband network.

Larry Strickling, the administrator of the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), announced the request for information Monday in a speech at the National Broadband Summit and Expo.

The agency will ask for input on the distribution of $135 million in grants for state and local governments to plan the deployment of the network.

Tags: mobile broadband, spectrum, public safety, commerce department

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