Charter's Viens Named to BDAC Working Group

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Joseph Viens, senior director of government affairs for Charter has been named to the FCC's Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee's (BDAC) Disaster Response and Recovery Working Group, the only cable broadband operator in the group.

The working group comprises a range of stakeholders including representatives from a telco (Verizon), communications associations (CTIA, the Wireless Industry Association), government officials, and emergency management, including FirstNet.

The group makes recommendations on improving the resiliency of broadband infrastructure during disaster recovery and coordinating wireless providers, backhaul providers and power companies.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.