Emergency Broadband Roundtable to Hear From FCC Members

The FCC Wireline Bureau announced additional details about its upcoming roundtable on the emergency broadband benefit program in a public notice Friday (see 2101280035). All commissioners are expected to give opening remarks. The Feb. 12 event will be divided into two 50-minute Q&A panels. The first will address outreach and consumer enrollment with CTIA, Microsoft Airband, Cherokee Nation, National Digital Inclusion Alliance, Comcast, National Consumer Law Center and the Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council. The second panel will address broadband provider participation and "maximizing consumers' choice of robust broadband to meet their current needs" with Starry, the National Hispanic Media Coalition, AT&T, NCTA, NTCA, Navajo Nation and Next Century Cities.