Hogan Lovells Weighs Telecom Priorities for Clinton, Trump
Hogan Lovells sought to break down the details of the telecom plans for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump as part of the firm’s 2016 election report. “Although Trump might agree with Clinton that more…
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spectrum should be made available for commercial use, he has generally eschewed the type of government spending proposed by Clinton as wasteful, and has instead argued that a vigorous new round of tax cuts and regulatory relief will better spur growth in the sector,” the firm said. “These views are generally shared by his base.” A Clinton administration “would likely appoint an FCC chair and commissioners who support the major consumer protection initiatives of current FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, including robust net neutrality, cable set-top box, and Internet privacy rules” and “also likely appoint people who support Wheeler’s efforts to reduce the cost of business data services (previously called 'special access') provided by incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) and speed-up the local zoning and siting processes for small cell wireless networks.” A Trump agenda would deviate from Wheeler’s, the firm predicted, also pointing to Trump’s objections to AT&T buying Time Warner (see 1611080023). “Trump’s appointees would likely be more focused than Clinton’s appointees on reducing overall government regulation ... of the communications industry,” it said.