Quick search
Type search term(s) for
articles, places or events,
then hit enter
Articles older than two
issues are available in our Archives back to 1990.
(free search and retrieval)
Interested in Advertising? Black Engineer provides black technology news and information about black engineering, black entrepreneurs, black technology, black engineers, black education, black minorities, black engineer of the year awards (BEYA) and historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) from black community in US, UK, Caribbean and Africa. Find out more about your reader demographics, web-traffic, and valued added client services. Click here to contact us
The United States Senate has passed the Digital Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005, according to a news release from the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
The legislation establishes two dates that will advance the transition to a digital television (DTV) broadcast signal and improve public safety communications. First, as written in the legislation, analog television broadcasting in the U.S. will end by April 7, 2009.
The act requires broadcasters to free up the analog portion of the public spectrum. From that date forward, public safety personnel will have access to the 24 MHz of spectrum recovered in the transition.
Also, on January 28, 2008, the auction of recovered spectrum for new uses will begin.
Revenues from analog spectrum auction will be used to establish a Digital Transition and Public Safety Fund. The fund will be used by the Department of Commerce to assist consumers in the purchase of digital TV converter boxes, help low-power television stations and television translator stations convert to digital technology, facilitate emergency communications, and provide assistance to coastal states affected by hurricanes and other natural disasters.
The Government Accountability Office estimates that approximately 21 million households rely solely on broadcast television.
A virtual spokesperson for black technology, BlackEngineer aspires to serve as leading news and information provider on the advancements in black technology with deep insights into black engineering, black entrepreneurs, black education, and historically black colleges and universities (HBCU). In fact, BlackEngineer is one of the very few to promote the achievements of black technology. The Black engineer of the year awards (BEYA) is one of our successful ventures to promote black technology, progress and achievements made in black technology, and the sentiments of the Black community in the US, the UK, Caribbean, and Africa.
Black technology entrepreneurs are increasingly providing the horsepower that drives the global economy. Over the last two decades, black entrepreneurs have created more jobs, and contributed much more to the economic expansion of the Black community as a whole, than any black pastor or politician. Black entrepreneurs are taking risks and building businesses that generate economic growth and increase prosperity in underserved areas, as more minority-owned and minority-focused businesses emerge, willing to serve the financial needs of Black entrepreneurs. US Black Engineer & Information Technology magazine's annual list of Top Black Technology Entrepreneurs reflects the expanding scope of leading Black entrepreneurs in information technology, homeland security, and defense.
