Light-handed regulation is key to wireless growth, Mobile Future Chairman...
Light-handed regulation is key to wireless growth, Mobile Future Chairman Jonathan Spalter said in a blog post (http://xrl.us/bnsryj). Spalter cited a recent report by Deloitte on the “airwave overload” in the U.S. (http://xrl.us/bnsryw). The U.S. is the world leader on…
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mobile but faces strong challenges to that title from Japan and Korea if it wants to stay on top, Spalter said. “We get there by starting at the end: What outcome most benefits mobile innovation -- and its 300 million U.S. fans? A seamless continued growth of the wireless web, a sustained high-quality experience for consumers and innovators alike and the resulting substantial economic, jobs and revenue growth,” he answered. “Twenty-plus years into our nation’s climb to global tech greatness, Deloitte identifies the core ‘lessons learned,’ warning that the FCC should ‘avoid specific, prescriptive formulations that may be based on assumptions that are overtaken by events’ and instead ‘favor policies that leave to markets the task of determining how best to capitalize on opportunities and resolve challenges related to mobile broadband.’ The blunt translation of this polite assessment? Government has a checkered past when it seeks to shape markets defined by fast-moving innovation and growth. Let the innovators innovate. Let companies compete. Let consumers decide. And, if policymakers exercise restraint, then the U.S. will continue to lead."