Timothy M. Donahue, President and CEO of Nextel Communications, was named chairman of the newly re-chartered Network Reliability and Interoperability Council. NRIC VII, which will run from 06-Jan-2004 to 06-Jan-2006, is expected to focus on systems engineering aspects of emergency services. Donahue is the first wireless company executive to chair an NRIC panel.
The role of the NRIC is to develop recommendations for the FCC and the telecommunications industry to insure optimal reliability, security, interoperability and interconnectivity of, and accessibility to, public telecommunications networks and the Internet.
http://www.fcc.gov
