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Congressional Seminar Scheduled Friday, July 12
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Are more market-oriented spectrum allocation policies on the horizon? Where should one look (or not look) for spectrum for next-generation commercial wireless services? Will federal, state and local governments overwhelm the wireless industry with regulatory mandates? Those and other questions concerning the future of spectrum policy and the wireless industry’s role in the next telecommunications revolution are the focus of a Congressional Seminar hosted by The Progress & Freedom Foundation.
Featuring a panel of experts, the panel – “When Wireless Grows Up: Mandates vs. Markets for a ‘Mature’ Industry” – will take place on Friday, July 12, in Rayburn House Office Building, Room B340, from 12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Confirmed panelists include Rudy Baca, vice president and global strategist at the Precursor Group; Steven K. Berry, senior vice president of government affairs with the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association and Kevin Krufky, legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Sam Brownback (a member of the Wireless Caucus). Also invited, but not yet confirmed, are Paul Kolodzy, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission’s Spectrum Task Force and Michael D. Gallagher, deputy assistant secretary for communications and information with the National Telecommunications & Information Administration. The panel’s moderator will be Randolph J. May, senior fellow and director of communications policy studies at The Progress & Freedom Foundation.
“It is our aim to have this panel of experts educate us concerning what changes to expect, and especially to discuss how these changes will be impacted by public policy,” said May in announcing the panel. “They are as well-equipped as anyone to tell us what the airscape will look like five years from now.”
Those interested in attending the Congressional Seminar should register by contacting Rebecca Fuller at 202-289-8928 or rfuller@pff.org.
The Progress & Freedom Foundation is a market-oriented think tank that studies the digital revolution and its implications for public policy. It is a 501(c)(3) research & educational organization.
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