NTIA will seek comment on the current and...

NTIA will seek comment on the current and potential availability of communications services in the Arctic region, in a notice scheduled for Friday’s Federal Register (http://bit.ly/1xFRTeo). Comments are due 30 days after the publication. The NTIA efforts follow a January implementation plan from the White House seeking an assessment of “current and potential availability of telecommunications services in the Arctic region, including local and long-distance terrestrial, commercial mobile cellular, public safety services, emergency services, navigational safety and satellite voice, and broadband channel availability by the end of 2014.” NTIA also seeks comment on investment in the region and management of Arctic spectrum.