SENATE CYBERSECURITY BILL GAINS SUPPORT OF WIRELESS INCUMBENTS

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Verizon and USTelecom supported bipartisan cybersecurity legislation planned for markupnTuesday by the Senate Commerce Committee. The bill is sponsored by committee ChairmannJay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., and Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine. "Americans face increasinglynsophisticated cyber-threats aimed at our families, businesses and government," said PeternDavidson, a Verizon senior vice president. "The legislation drafted by Senators Rockefellernand Snowe puts the nation on a much stronger footing to confront these threats." USTelecomnPresident Walter McCormick said the bill "takes positive and strategic steps to address thesenproblems."