Press Releases
| PRESS RELEASES | |
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| Mobile Future Statement on FCC’s Open Internet Public Notice Today, the Federal Communications Commission issued a Public Notice seeking further comment on two issues raised in its Open Internet proceeding. The following statement should be attributed to Jonathan Spalter, chairman of the Mobile Future Coalition: |
09/01/10 |
| Mobile Future Chairman Jonathan Spalter Urges the FCC to Withdraw its ‘Third-Way’ Proposal In an op-ed in today’s Roll Call, Mobile Future Chairman Jonathan Spalter calls on the FCC to drop its controversial Third-Way proposal in support of targeted Congressional action that would protect America’s innovation economy and encourage continued private-sector investment in the communications marketplace. |
08/31/10 |
| Mobile Future Cautions FCC on Changing the Legal Framework for Broadband Internet Service Mobile Future filed comments today at the Federal Communications Commission outlining some of the unique engineering challenges for deploying wireless broadband. The comments also raised concerns about the uncertainty that could hamper investment, innovation and job creation in the communications sector if the FCC moves forward to reclassify broadband under antiquated, heavy-handed Title II regulations. |
08/12/10 |
| Mobile Future FCC Comments Point to Robust Competition Across Modern Wireless Landscape Responding to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) request for comments to assist in data collection for the Fifteenth Annual Report on the State of Competition in Mobile Wireless, Mobile Future today filed comments detailing how competition is defining the modern mobile marketplace. |
07/30/10 |
| Mobile Future Statement on Presidential Memorandum Nearly Doubling Available Wireless Spectrum Today, President Obama signed a presidential memorandum that aims to make available for auction some 500 megahertz of spectrum that is now controlled by the federal government and private companies. The following statement should be attributed to Jonathan Spalter, chairman of the Mobile Future Coalition. |
06/28/10 |
| Mobile Future Statement on FCC Consideration of Legal Framework for Broadband Today, the Federal Communications Commission issued a Notice of Inquiry to begin the process of considering possible legal frameworks for regulating broadband Internet services. The following statement should be attributed to Jonathan Spalter, chairman of Mobile Future. |
06/17/10 |
| Mobile Future Statement on FCC Wireless Competition Report Today, the Federal Communications Commission released an assessment of competition in the wireless marketplace. The following statement should be attributed to Jonathan Spalter, chairman of the Mobile Future Coalition: |
05/20/10 |
| Closing the Digital Divide for Those with Disabilities Today, Mobile Future, a non-profit and non-partisan wireless coalition, released a white paper assessing the role of mobile and wireless technologies in creating opportunities for the 54 million Americans with disabilities. |
05/13/10 |
| Mobile Future Statement on FCC Plan to Impose New Regulations on Broadband Today, FCC Chairman Genachowski issued a statement regarding the Commission’s proposed path forward for broadband regulations. The following statement should be attributed to Jonathan Spalter, chairman of Mobile Future: |
05/06/10 |
| Proposed Net Neutrality Regulations Could Lead to Decline in U.S. Employment Today, economist Coleman Bazelon of The Brattle Group released a new report, “The Employment and Economic Impacts of Network Neutrality Regulation: An Empirical Analysis,” that highlights the effects proposed net neutrality regulations would have on the broadband industry and the U.S. economy. The research was sponsored by Mobile Future, the non-profit, non-partisan coalition of technology businesses, non-profit organizations and individuals dedicated to advocating for an environment in which innovations in wireless technology and services are enabled and encouraged. |
04/23/10 |