Mobile Future Chairman Jonathan Spalter questioned why the FCC’s latest...

of billions of dollars to deploy ever more high speed mobile broadband to meet this growing demand,” Spalter said. “It’s therefore hard to understand in light of the number of markets where high speed wireless services are being deployed why the Commission chose not to more fully acknowledge mobile services as part of its annual broadband review.” “The FCC’s latest ‘706 Report’ on the progress of broadband deployment in the United States reaches the erroneous conclusion that we're not making reasonable progress toward bringing broadband networking to all Americans,” said Richard Bennett, senior research fellow at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation. “The report’s conclusions are not supported by the evidence, do not conform to the statutory direction of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, and overlook the non-adoption problem that actually dwarfs the deployment problem by an enormous degree.” The Internet Innovation Alliance also raised concerns. “The FCC’s 706 report discounts the significant efforts being made by the private sector - despite uncertainty for investment stemming from a persistently weak economy and repeated attempts by the Commission to exercise greater direction and control over this inherently unpredictable yet consistently innovative sector -- to continue building out broadband infrastructure, particularly next-generation wireless networks, to connect all Americans,” the group said. “Last year, wireless service providers invested nearly $26 billion in the creation and maintenance of the mobile infrastructure that puts better health care, education and job opportunities in reach for consumers. Of course there is more work to do."