FCC Team Sent to Haiti

A US team is on-the-ground in Haiti evaluating the status of the country's communications infrastructure and services following the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12th. The team was deployed in response to a request from Director General Montàigne Marcelin of Conseil National des Télécommunications (Conatel), the communications agency in Haiti, in coordination with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The FCC team is led by International Bureau Chief Mindel De La Torre and includes Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) Chief Engineer William Lane and the three staff who initially deployed to Haiti days after the earthquake to support a FEMA Mobile Emergency Response Team, two additional FCC engineers, and two industry experts.