AT CTIA, FCC Chief Plays the Good Cop

October 7th, 2009 admin

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski appreciates the wireless industry and plans to help it get access to more spectrum , to make the process of siting mobile towers faster and to roll out faster middle-mile connections in rural and urban areas, all in an effort to improve the delivery of mobile broadband, he said today at the CTIA industry conference in …


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