The CTIA (originally the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association) is excited to have its former president nominated as chair of the FCC. Tom Wheeler was the president of the CTIA from 1992 to 2004, which includes the year when Congress tried to rewrite the telecom act of 1934 with the telecom act of 1996.
In 2011 he watched as the National Association of Broadcasters [NAB] blocked the broadcaster spectrum sale.
Tom Wheeler as a historian understands the transitions that communications have made, as is obvious by his book “Mr. Lincoln’s T-Mails.” While we call the telegraph the “Victorian Internet,” it might be more appropriate to say it was Lincoln’s Twitter, since so much of his messaging was public. Wheeler has also written a book about the leaders of the Civil War.
The result is that Wheeler has a strong understanding of the Congress’s ability to support and scuttle.
So in his recent letter to the CTIA pushing for that group to enable unlocked phones to be bought and sold in the U.S., he is accomplishing several things...Read More
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