Outreach News - 5/23/11

1. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ANNOUNCES AGENDA FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE INTEROPERABILITY CENTER PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING SCHEDULED FOR MAY 24, 2011, AT FCC HEADQUARTERS. PSHSB . News Media Contact: Lauren Kravetz at (202) 418-7944, email: Lauren.Kravetz@fcc.gov http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-306780A1.doc

http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-306780A1.pdf

http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-306780A1.txt

2. In the news

FCC says U.S. 9^th in the world for mobile broadband http://www.wirelessweek.com/News/2011/05/Policy-and-Industry-US-Ranks-Ninth-Mobile-Broadband-Use-FCC-Government/?et_cid=1575864&et_rid=54129357&linkid=http%3a%2f%2fwww.wirelessweek.com%2fNews%2f2011%2f05%2fPolicy-and-Industry-US-Ranks-Ninth-Mobile-Broadband-Use-FCC-Government%2f

INTERNATIONAL BUREAU RELEASES SECOND INTERNATIONAL BROADBAND DATA REPORT.

http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-306785A1.doc

http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-306785A1.pdf

http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-306785A1.txt

Satellites key to Japanese disaster communications http://www.wirelessweek.com/News/2011/05/Satellite-Phones-Relief-Efforts-Japan-Devices/?et_cid=1575864&et_rid=54129357&linkid=http%3a%2f%2fwww.wirelessweek.com%2fNews%2f2011%2f05%2fSatellite-Phones-Relief-Efforts-Japan-Devices%2f

To address from another perspective why public safety needs its own wireless broadband data, carriers are examining all strategies to manage the growth of broadband.

http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/verizon-offload-ev-do-lte-traffic-wi-fi/2011-05-20