The Federal Communications Commission doesn’t have to issue new regulations to promote innovation; it also can promote advances in broadband and wireless services by using its bully pulpit.
That’s the message delivered today by the FCC’s Technical Advisory Council, a diverse group of private-sector telecommunications experts. The council issued its first report, a list of eight recommendations that could be implemented in months, not years.
“Each recommendation is an opportunity for the FCC to unleash new private-sector innovation and job creation, without working through traditional regulatory processes,” said council Chairman Tom Wheeler.
Wheeler knows a little bit about innovation: He’s managing director of Core Capital Partners, a venture capital firm in Washington, D.C. He also is former CEO of the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association and a serial entrepreneur.
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Author: Kent Hoover
