The FCC Tuesday posted a June 12 ex...
The FCC Tuesday posted a June 12 ex parte filing by CTIA on a meeting two days earlier between association officials and FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler. Among those attending were new CTIA President Meredith Baker, former President Steve Largent and…
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CTIA Chairman Dan Mead, CEO of Verizon. “CTIA highlighted the essential role that spectrum plays in facilitating the cycle of innovation and investment that characterizes the mobile wireless ecosystem,” the filing said (http://bit.ly/SR3V2i). It didn’t say what Wheeler’s message was to the CTIA officials. Industry officials said last week Wheeler made clear to Mead that the FCC expected Verizon to play an active role in the TV incentive auction (CD June 13 p8). The filing was made in four dockets, including 12-268, which covers the incentive auction.