RSSFCC launches investigation of wireless industry
By Tim Conneally | Published August 27, 2009, 7:02 PM
This afternoon, the Federal Communications Commission gingerly passed measures that will result in the publication of three "Notices of Inquiry," seeking public input not only on the status of wireless broadband communications in this country, but what measures it should take to better judge just what "good" or "bad" means for that industry. While all those positive words were being spoken on the industry's behalf, however -- references to "the spirit of American innovation" abounded from both sides of the bench today -- from the other end of the building this afternoon, the FCC formally announced it will be launching an inquiry to "identify concrete steps the Commission can take to support and encourage further innovation and investment in the wireless marketplace."
"Wireless mobility has become central to the economic, civic, and social lives of over 270 million Americans," a statement from the FCC said this afternoon. "We are now in the midst of a transition from reliance on mobile voice services to increasing use of and reliance on mobile broadband services, which promise to connect American citizens in new and profound ways. A robustly competitive mobile wireless market will be essential to realizing the full benefits to American consumers and channeling investment into vitally important national infrastructure. The FCC is seeking to ensure that competition in the mobile wireless market continues to bring substantial benefits to American consumers."
The FCC announced its intention to vote on this inquiry last week, and now the commission will develop a framework for analyzing the wireless industry that will shape regulatory issues moving forward.
the wireless industry has long practiced very uncompetitive practices. other countries mobile industry is so far advanced over the USA because the fact that their governments set forth standards that all the mobile companies had to abide by and they all work together. any one phone works for any mobile company in countries like europe and such. the american companies are leading to filling landfills with millions of wasted cell phones.
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|It is long past time for the FCC to look at wireless. Small businesses of every type need this service but at a reasonable cost.
Ron D
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|If only I could believe any good will come of this. So far I have yet to find a single positive in any regulatory efforts undertaken by this administration. All I see is a sometimes stealthy, sometimes overt campaign to centralize control of just about *everything*. I didn't hold out a tremendous amount of hope when Obama replaced Bush, but there was that brief period where it seemed like he might be the centrist negotiator we needed. He was proven himself to be anything but. I never trust politicians in general, but it seems like Obama's crowd wants the kind of failed socialism that Europe is finally starting to reject. That would necessarily mean strong government control of all communications including the web. I would rather put up with all the spyware and porn ads in the galaxy than see that happen.
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|Very astute. Continue to keep your eyes and ears wide open, while others bury their heads in the sand.
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