Government
/ Industry In 1982, telecommunications
industry and Federal government officials identified the need for
a joint mechanism to coordinate initiation and restoration of national
security and emergency preparedness (NS/EP) telecommunication services.
In 1983, the group recommended to the National Security Telecommunications
Advisory Committee (NSTAC) and to President Reagan that a joint
industry and government-staffed NCC be created as a central organization
to handle emergency telecommunication requests. On January 3, 1984,
the NCC opened for business. Today, the NCC is home to the following
telecommunications
government and industry
representatives:
Industry
- The NCC's industry and government
representatives use the NCC's unique organization to work
together during day-to-day operations, coordinate NS/EP responses
during crises, and produce emergency response plans and procedures
as a result of lessons learned during actual events.
Alaska Communications
Lockheed Martin
Alcatel-Lucent
Motorola
Americom
National Association of Broadcasters (NAB)
Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials - International, Inc. (APCO International)
National Emergency Number Association (NENA)
Arrowhead
Nortel Networks
Artel, Inc.
Northrop Grumman
AT&T
Organization for the Promotion and Advancement of Small Telecommunications Companies (OPASTCO)
Boeing
PAETEC
CenturyLink
Qualcomm
Cincinnati Bell
Raytheon
Cisco Systems
Research in Motion (RIM)
Comcast Cable
SAVVIS, Inc.
Comptel
Satellite Industry Association (SIA)
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC)
Science Applications International Corporation
Cox Communications
SES World Skies
Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association
Sprint-Nextel
Eutelsat America
TelePacific Communications
Fair Point Communications
T-Mobile
Frontier Communications
Time Warner Cable
Globalstar
Time Warner Telecom
Global VSAT
Tyco Communications
GlobaFone
USA Mobility
HP Enterprise Service
US Telecom
Hughes
Verisign
Inmarsat
Verizon
Internap
Verizon Business
Intelsat
Verizon Wireless
Intrado
Juniper Networks
Level 3 Communications
LightSquared
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