WISPA, SIA Heads to Testify at House Communications Rural Broadband Hearing
Wireless ISP Association President Claude Aiken and Satellite Industry Association President Tom Stroup are among six witnesses set to testify at a Tuesday House Communications Subcommittee hearing to re-examine proposals to improve rural broadband deployments following FCC and congressional efforts.…
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CuriosiTees of Pinetops Managing Partner Suzanne Coker Craig, Midco Senior Director-Government Relations Justin Forde, Deere Chief Information Officer John May and Wallowa Memorial Hospital Acting Administrator Jenni Word are also to testify, the House Commerce Committee said Friday. The subcommittee reviewed a raft of broadband infrastructure bills in January and led development of the Repack Airwaves Yielding Better Access for Users of Modern Services (Ray Baum's) Act FCC reauthorization and spectrum legislative package (HR-4986), which included broadband legislative language. President Donald Trump signed HR-4986 into law as part of the $1.3 trillion FY 2018 omnibus spending bill (HR-1625) (see 1803230038). House Communications also cleared the Advancing Critical Connectivity Expands Service, Small Business Resources, Opportunities, Access and Data Based on Assessed Need and Demand Act (HR-3994) during a June markup and later attached it to the draft NTIA Reauthorization Act (see 1806130047 and 1806200038).