WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has named Kathleen Wallman
chairman of the FCC’s Public Safety National Coordination Committee.
In August, the FCC adopted rules calling
for a new committee to develop technical standards for public-safety use of the spectrum in the 700 MHz band being
made available by the transition to digital TV.
The NCC’s responsibilities will be to recommend interoperability
digital modulation, trunking and receiver standards, to offer voluntary assistance in developing coordinated regional
plans, and to provide recommendations on other technical matters common to public safety.
The FCC expects to
accept nominations to fill NCC seats within the next month, said Thomas Sugrue, chief of the FCC’s Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau.
