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Article: Firms Fight Cyren Call.(proposal to use analog Television spectrum to create broadband public safety network)
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- February 12, 2007
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By Ted Hearn
A coalition of technology companies that includes Intel, Microsoft and Cisco Systems is urging Congress to resist an initiative supported by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) that would use half of the analog-TV spectrum earmarked for auction to create a nationwide broadband public-safety network that commercial users could share.
The High Tech DTV Coalition outlined its concerns in a letter last Tuesday to Senate Commerce Committee leaders two days before the panel's hearing on public-safety spectrum needs. The letter's goal: To undercut a public-safety spectrum plan advanced by an entity called Cyren Call, backed by Nextel cofounder Morgan ...