NATE Chairman Jimmy Miller to Testify at U.S. Senate Commerce Hearing
For Immediate Release:
January 16, 2020
*Media Advisory*
NATE Chairman Jimmy Miller to Testify at U.S. Senate Commerce Hearing
NATE to Offer Expert Testimony at “The 5G Workforce and Obstacles to Broadband Deployment” Hearing on January 22
(Washington, D.C.) – NATE Chairman Jimmy Miller, President at MillerCo, Inc. in Gulfport, Mississippi, is slated to provide expert witness testimony at an upcoming U.S. Senate Commerce Committee hearing in Washington, D.C. U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a hearing titled, “The 5G Workforce and Obstacles to Broadband Deployment,” at 10:00 a.m. EST on Wednesday, January 22, 2020.
This hearing will examine the skills and training needed among the telecommunications workforce to deploy 5G networks, as well as ongoing efforts within the public and private sectors to address the 5G labor shortage. Witnesses will also discuss regulatory barriers that may impede U.S. leadership in next generation communications technology and efforts to close the digital divide.
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr and Lisa Youngers, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Fiber Broadband Association is also scheduled to provide witness testimony at the hearing. Witness testimony, opening statements, and a live video of “The 5G Workforce and Obstacles to Broadband Deployment” hearing will be available on www.commerce.senate.gov.
Complete details for the hearing are included below:
The 5G Workforce and Obstacles to Broadband Deployment Hearing
Witnesses:
The Honorable Brendan Carr, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
Mr. Jimmy Miller, President and Chief Executive Officer, MillerCo, Inc.; Chairman, NATE: The Communications Infrastructure Contractors Association
Ms. Lisa Youngers, President and Chief Executive Officer, Fiber Broadband Association
Hearing Details:
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
10:00 a.m.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
This hearing will take place in the Hart Senate Office Building 216. Witness testimony, opening statements, and a live video of the hearing will be available on www.commerce.senate.gov.
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