Wireless

2024 Co-chairs 

Michael Calabrese

Open Technology Institute

Philip Neufeld

Fresno Unified School District

SHLB Staff Contacts: Kristen Corra and Eric Fredell

The group serves as a discussion forum to educate participants and the broader SHLB community about emerging trends and technologies in the wireless space, and advocate for policies that support the needs of anchor institutions and their surrounding communities.

July Meeting Summary 

July 18, 2024: 

On July 18, members discussed the FCC’s recent vote to approve the hotspot lending initiative supported by the E-rate program. They also heard from Mark Colwell, Director of Broadband Operations for Mission Telecom, who discussed the technology offerings Mission provides to nonprofits and educational institutions.

Full meeting notes for this and prior meetings are available to members here.

Focal areas of the group include:

  • Showcasing anchor institutions projects/initiatives that make use of, and especially innovative use of, spectrum to serve their constituencies, including the surrounding community. 
  • Providing educational content and information exchange to members who are planning to use wireless technologies and spectrum in their communities and wish to learn from others who have done so. 
  • Identifying and shaping policy solutions that ensure adequate unlicensed and licensed (including shared-licensed) spectrum is available for use by anchor institutions, and the providers that serve anchor institutions. 
  • Identifying and shaping policies that make (anchor-led) wireless networking solutions that serve the public interest eligible for (federal) financial support/subsidies.

  • Mark Colwell, Director of Broadband Operations, Mission Telecom

  • Executive Officer, Information Technology,
  • Matthew Elder, IT Business Operations Director, Boulder Valley School District
  • Melissa Slawson, General Counsel and V.P. of Government Affairs and Education, GeoLinks
June 2019
SHLB RESEARCH
The Economic Benefit of Keeping the "E" in "EBS"

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