– “We recognized early on that the future was fiber.” – “You have to change and adapt, or you’re going to be irrelevant.” – “Gigabit internet is the […]
Author: Susan Carter
“My job is going to be to find the corporate leaders, people who are working on real solutions, and from time to time set up meetings with the president and whomever else he wants, so that they can give him the benefit of what they’re doing.”
Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani on his new role as the cybersecurity adviser to President Donald Trump.
The respective (and quite agreeable) comments of FCC Commissioners Mike O’Rielly and Mignon Clyburn at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas regarding expectations for a new, Republican-led Commission.
–“You really need to listen to what issues people outside Washington are concerned about.” –“I think there is an extreme danger if we stay within our inside-the-beltway bubble.”
“Serving as FCC Chairman during this period of historic technological change has been the greatest honor of my professional life. I am deeply grateful to the President for giving me this opportunity. I am especially thankful to the talented Commission staff for their service and sacrifice during my tenure.”
Comments of outgoing FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler.
“This biennial review provides an ideal opportunity for the Commission to return to the governing principle of limiting regulation of the CMRS industry only where necessary because competition is insufficient to protect consumers.”
As reported in TRDaily, this is an excerpt from comments filed with the FCC by the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association as part of the Commission biennial review of its regulations. […]
“After talking with the president-elect’s team, AT&T executives are confident that their deal has a good chance of passing regulatory scrutiny.”
Excerpt from a Financial Times article on president-elect Trump’s perspectives on the pending AT&T-Time Warner merger.
For these reasons, NTCA is urging the FCC to provide sufficient funding to cover both the severe budget shortfall on the non-model side (especially the early years of implementing these reforms) and to satisfy the demand for model-based support needed over ten years to enable the expansion of broadband. Without sufficient funding for both, the promise of these reforms – affordable standalone broadband and greater broadband deployment – will remain unfulfilled for millions of rural consumers.”
Excerpt from a Tuesday blog posting of NTCA CEO Shirley Bloomfield expressing concerns regarding federal funding for the high-cost Universal Service program. Last week the FCC’s Wireline Bureau announced that […]
“It would adversely affect the dynamism of the open Internet, dragging down our economy and diminishing the responsiveness of our government in the process. It represents an all-out assault on internet and pay-TV customers’ pocketbooks and reduces competition in these vital sectors. “
There is little doubt where the 18 interest groups who issued a news release with the above excerpt stand on the proposed AT&T-Time Warner merger. The coalition urged both presidential […]
“This new cybersecurity guidance from the Department of Transportation is like giving a take-home exam on the honor code to failing students. If modern day cars are computers on wheels, we need mandatory standards, not voluntary guidance, to ensure that our vehicles cannot be hacked and lives and information put in danger.”
U.S. Senators Edward Markey (D-MA) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) commenting on voluntary cybersecurity guidance unveiled this week by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The Senators are advocating a more […]