FCC wants broadband public safety network

The Federal Communication Commission's National Broadband Plan will contain proposals for the creation of a nationwide interoperable wireless broadband network for public safety, according to a briefing Thursday by FCC chairman Julius Genachowski. Efforts to fix the country's patchwork public safety networks have been advocated since problems in the networks surfaced in the 9/11 terrorist attacks and in Hurricane Katrina.

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