Bolstering emergency communications through broadband stimulus

Grant money from the federal government under the broadband stimulus program is needed to bolster emergency response communications in a wide swath of the Empire State, an official with an Albany, N.Y.-based provider of wide area wireless Internet services told TMCnet in an interview.

Hudson Valley Wireless, an affiliate of Hudson Valley Communications, serves Albany, Troy, Schenectady and surrounding areas. The company is seeking a $1.2 million grant under the new federal program to strengthen public safety communications. The U.S. Department of Commerce agency that’s overseeing the broadband stimulus program is expected to start awarding grants and loans in about two weeks...