RFSTUF

Federal Communications Commission Press Availability Forum
National Broadband Plan and 700 MHz Proceeding
James Arden Barnett, Jr., Rear Admiral (Ret. Navy)
Chief, Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau
THURSDAY
February 25, 2010 10:00 a.m.
...As the Chairman said, the path forward is dependent on the
larger broadband ecosystem that will serve the public, and
interoperability must be a core element of public safety
broadband from its inception.
We must build on what is already in place and tap into the
commercial networks and resources that now exist or are
being built. ...