Hearing -- The 700 MHz Auction: Public Safety and Competition Issues

The 700 MHz Auction: Public Safety and Competition Issues hearing is scheduled for Thursday, June 14, 2007, at 10:00 a.m., in room 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building. This hearing will examine a variety of issues related to the auction of spectrum at the 700 MHz band.

Panel I

Ms. Wanda S. McCarley, President, Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International, Inc. (APCO) and Operations Manager, Tarrant County 9-1-1 District, Texas

Mr. James Barksdale, Partner, Frontline Wireless, LLC

Mr. Philip J. Weiser, Professor of Law and Telecommunications and Executive Director Silicon Flatirons Program, University of Colorado School of Law

Mr. Paul J. Cosgrave, Commissioner, New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications

Panel II

Mr. Dick Lynch, Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, Verizon Wireless

Mr. Michael Small, Chief Executive Officer, Centennial Communications Corporation

Dr. Amol R. Sarva, Chief Executive Officer, Txtbl