<![CDATA[ Latest from Next TV in Senate-communications-subcommittee ]]> https://www.nexttv.com/tag/senate-communications-subcommittee Fri, 09 Dec 2022 19:54:21 +0000 en <![CDATA[ NCTA's Michael Powell To Testify on Broadband Access ]]> https://www.nexttv.com/news/nctas-michael-powell-to-testify-on-broadband-access mf2dCuAQonok5gE27N6pcV Fri, 09 Dec 2022 19:54:21 +0000 Fri, 09 Dec 2022 20:55:35 +0000

Michael Powell, president of NCTA-The Internet & Television Association and former Federal Communications Commission chair, will testify December 13 at a Senate Communications Subcommittee hearing on "Ensuring Solutions to Meet America's Broadband Needs."

The hearing is being convened by Communications Subcommittee Chair Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.).

The hearing will look at the general availability of broadband and the effort to close the broadband accessibility gap, with a focus on rural, tribal and low-income areas.

Also testifying will be Jonathan Spalter, president of USTelecom, Angela Siefer, executive director of the National Digital Inclusion Alliance, and Kimball Sekaquaptewa, chair of Connect New Mexico Council.

"This hearing will examine ongoing and past efforts within the public and private sectors to bring affordable, resilient and secure broadband to all communities," Luján's office said. ■

]]> <![CDATA[ Wicker to Head Senate Communications Subcommittee ]]> https://www.nexttv.com/news/wicker-head-senate-communications-subcommittee-386815 qESmQtcGvXQsZiGWBMRUbY Sat, 10 Jan 2015 23:15:00 +0000

Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) has been tapped by parent Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune (R-S.D.) to chair the Senate Communications Subcommittee.  That was no surprise since Wicker has been ranking member of the subcommittee.

The subcommittee had been chaired by Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.), but Pryor lost his reelection bid and the Democrats lost the Senate and the accompanying chairmanships anyway.

Wicker said his priority as chairman will be "the deployment and adoption of broadband in rural America." And he was not shy about pinpointing that focus, adding "particularly in Mississippi."

"We should focus on fostering innovation and investment in the broadband marketplace, by promoting wireless spectrum availability and reexamining laws on the books to ensure that the dynamic growth Americans have enjoyed continues unimpeded," he said.

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