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A Review of Selected Activities in the Office of Telecommunications, Department of Commerce (1978) / Chapter Skim
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Utility and Feasibility of Selected Activites
Pages 8-13

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From page 8...
... If the government were to become involved in a broadband public service demonstration project, the OT could provide assistance with technical support to the principal federal agency. Other useful technical efforts for OT might be: 1)
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From page 9...
... To increase the effectiveness of the conferences, the panel urges the OT/ITS to consider including representatives of the telecommunications industry as a means of achieving closer government-industry interaction on telecommunications developments and applications. In addition, the OT should consider inviting technical staffs of major public awareness organizations concerned with the future of telecommunications in the U
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From page 10...
... Spectrum management is an essential area of competence for OT. In this area, OT has provided sound technical advice on spectrum engineering and allocation methods to the OTP, FCC, and the Interdepartmental Radio Advisory Committee.
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From page 11...
... The OT/ITS threefrequency propagation experiment in the 10-100 gHz range is an excellent example of research that has a high potential for important support of user agencies. However, attention must also be paid to concurrent industry development of hardware capable of taking advantage of the new frequency bands that are becoming available.
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From page 12...
... The initial results demonstrate that important insights into the economic infrastructure can result from such work. The private sector provides some data on market sizes through proprietary studies, but these address only limited areas where the industry expects significant return.
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From page 13...
... Electromagnetic Spectrum Utilization -- the Silent Crisis. Commerce Technical Advisory Board.
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