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Spectrum Engineering Breakthrough
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The National Association of Radio and
Telecommunications Engineers (NARTE)
presented Marconi-Bell Awards to Charles Glass of the Commerce
Department and Scott
Harris of the law firm Harris Wiltshire & Grannis for their work in
helping to negotiate
an international government/industry agreement on 5GHz WiFi that was
approved at the
World Radiocommunication Conference in Geneva earlier this year. The
Marconi-Bell is
a peer recognition award that is presented by NARTE from time to time
for a major
contribution to the telecommunications field that is acknowledged by
peers as an
extraordinary achievement. Mr. Glass represented the public sector and
Mr. Harris
represented the private sector in reaching a solution based on “dynamic
frequency
selection,” or DFS, which enables spectrum to be shared by industry and
government
while keeping sensitive Defense Department systems protected from
interference.
![]() Pictured at the presentation on December 8th are from left to right: Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce Michael D. Gallagher; Charles Glass of the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration; Scott Harris of Harris Wiltshire & Grannis; Deputy Secretary of Commerce Samuel Bodman; and Russell Carstensen of the National Association of Radio and Telecommunications Engineers. |