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Wireless Uniquely Competitive, CTIA Tells FCC

CTIA urged the FCC to put Chairman Tom Wheeler’s theories on competition to the test and decide the agency need not impose tough new net neutrality rules on wireless. “Since early in his tenure, Chairman Wheeler has touted ‘competition, competition,…

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competition’ and espoused a ‘see-saw’ theory of regulation, whereby the need for FCC intervention decreases if facts and data show that a market is competitive,” CTIA said in a Thursday letter to the agency. Wireless really is more competitive, CTIA said: “Any new open Internet rules should recognize the undeniable differences in the competitive landscape between fixed and mobile broadband.”