That chunk of spectrum was supposed to be used for both a commercial broadband service and a nationwide emergency communications network.

An emergency communications network is designed to provide reliable communications during an emergency.

The National Emergency Network is an amateur radio emergency communications network administered by the Radio Club of Venezuela.

Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network (MEECN)

By the end of the year, the Defense Communications Agency and the Air Force expect to complete an emergency communications network spanning the United States with meteor burst stations.

"MC, Comm, National Command Authority joint Emergency Communications Network, call sign "Palisade," button four," the communications officer said just seconds later.

The Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network (MEECN) is a network of systems providing uninterrupted communications throughout the pre-, trans-, and post-nuclear warfare environment.

LABRE is the supporting organization for the Rede Nacional de Emergência de Radioamadores (RENER), a voluntary amateur radio emergency communications network in Brazil.

DCA assumed responsibility for the Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network (MEECN), a subsystem of WWMCCS, in December 1971.

We also support the creation of a targeted, appropriate emergency communications network, the launch of extensive information campaigns, and the adoption of educational and awareness-raising initiatives aimed at the public and in particular the youngest members of society.

A dim voice came over the emergency communications network: "Flooding in auxiliary machinery, flooding in--" Pacino shouted over the announcement: "Chief, make the phone announcement and send the casualty assistance team to the torpedo room."

"White space access is about improving local emergency communications networks, nurturing small businesses and entrepreneurship, creating competition in the broadband market, and ensuring that low-income, minority, and rural households are not left behind as our technology advances in the 21st century."

The challenges of communicating by radio while at sea (callsign W5SMM) led Poor to develop software that integrates Internet with amateur radio to store and forward messages; this system is today part of a major amateur-supported emergency communications network.

In times of emergency or disaster, function as the coordinator for establishing an array of equipment for communications use and be available to supply technical expertise to government and relief agencies to set up emergency communications networks, in cooperation with the ARRL section emergency coordinator.

The KG-3X series is used in the U.S. government's Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network and the Fixed Submarine Broadcast System used for transmission of emergency action messages for nuclear and national command and control of U.S. strategic forces.