Poster
06-23-2004, 03:37 PM
The FCC chairman Michael K. Powell stated in an interview at the Supercomm Conference that regulatory responsibility of the telecom industry should be the job of the FCC and not the private sector. Powell is against an overly active regulatory agency in order to encourage more investment in the industry. Powell has offered plans to offer more unlicensed wireless spectrum, squeeze in more bandwidth within broadband spectrum, and make it easier to transfer spectrum licenses.
He is now calling on states to ease regulatory pressure as well, stating “States that have started to regulate IP voice services are making a mistake, because they aren't addressing real problems. Services that let customers personalize features, cost less and give consumers power to get away from incumbent providers should not be discouraged.”
"We should be driven to do everything we can to stimulate applications," Powell said, and that means doing as little regulation as possible. "I don't have money to give or investments to make, but we do invest indirectly by creating a regulatory environment that hacks away the underbrush."
For more information see: http://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/0622powell.html
He is now calling on states to ease regulatory pressure as well, stating “States that have started to regulate IP voice services are making a mistake, because they aren't addressing real problems. Services that let customers personalize features, cost less and give consumers power to get away from incumbent providers should not be discouraged.”
"We should be driven to do everything we can to stimulate applications," Powell said, and that means doing as little regulation as possible. "I don't have money to give or investments to make, but we do invest indirectly by creating a regulatory environment that hacks away the underbrush."
For more information see: http://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/0622powell.html