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Released: April 11, 2013
FCC faces questions and challenges
Source: Cecilia Kang, Washington Post (Free Registration)
President Obama hasn’t picked a new chair for the Federal Communications Commission, but Washington is abuzz with opinions on what the new regulator needs to do. Phil Weiser, a former senior adviser for Obama on technology and innovation, sees the nomination as an opportunity to rethink the role of the FCC and how it could oversee the massive and expanding telecom and Internet broadband market.
Q: What are the top priorities of the FCC?
Among the top is freeing up spectrum — not only for consumers — but also for machine-to-machine communications.
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