5G Is Coming! FCC Chair Tom Wheeler at CTIA Super Mobility 2016

FCC Chairman Wheeler: Keynote Remarks at CTIA Super Mobility 2016:

Sep 7, 2016: FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler addressed CTIA #SuperMobility 2016 attendees, discussing his priorities for the agency. Among the topics discussed included privacy, innovation, infrastructure and spectrum.

"One thing you’ll take away this week is that 5G is coming & it’s coming fast."--Meredith Baker, @CTIA President/CEO

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler at CTIA Super Mobility 2016 (full transcript embed below):

• More people around the world connected to the mobile network than to the electric grid.  
• Here comes 5G ... 5G is like the missing piece of the puzzle depicting the wireless future. 
• Gigabit mobile connections at any location will open up hugely disruptive new value propositions for the users of networks. 
• The Internet’s open design is protected by FCC rules. 
• What’s still missing? Ultra-high-speed, high-capacity, low-latency, secure mobile connectivity. That's what 5G delivers.  
• Wireless data use more than doubled from 2014 to 2015, and continued growth is projected for the foreseeable future. 
• 3 keys for what the Commission [FCC.gov] can do to help unlock the 5G opportunity: spectrum; infrastructure (backhaul); siting.
• 5G is not a technology.  It is a revolution. 

CTIA Super Mobility 2016 | ctialatest.org/sm16/ Keynotes Sept 7-9:
•  September 7th: 9:00am – 10:30am (PST) Keynote Session (in order of appearance):

• CTIA President & CEO Meredith Attwell Baker
• CTIA Chairman and AT&T Mobility and Consumer Operations President & CEO Glenn Lurie
• FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler (transcript below)
• The Chernin Group CEO Peter Chernin
• GSMA Director General Mats Granryd

•  September 8th: 9:00am – 10:30am (PST) Keynote Session (in order of appearance):

• Verizon EVP & President of Operations John Stratton
• Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. EVP & CTO Matt Grob
• Chairman & CEO Axs TV and Owner Mark Cuban
• Nokia President & CEO Rajeev Suri

•  September 9th: 9:30am – 10:30am (PST) Keynote Session - Musician, producer, philanthropist and entrepreneur John Legend

How's this for a #wireless stat? @ATT's Glenn Lurie showcases US leadership in #mobile. #SuperMobility @CTIAShows pic.twitter.com/rlyaXCEJrS

— Mobile Future (@mobilefuture) September 7, 2016

2015 US data stats: 2.9 trillion minutes, 9.6 trillion megabites, 1.9 trillion texts. #SuperMobility #CTIA #CTIA2016 pic.twitter.com/gxF8ZLOdKJ

— Ericsson N. America (@EricssonNA) September 7, 2016

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Senate Committee Hearing on FCC, Open Internet Order, 2:30 pm EDT

U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation Hearing: Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission, March 18, 2015, 2:30 PM EDT (US) - This Full Committee hearing will take place in Senate Russell Office Building, Room 253. Witness testimony, opening statements, and a live video of the hearing will be available on the Senate Committee Hearing website.

"U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a hearing on Wednesday, March 18, 2015, entitled, “Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission. As part of the Committee’s oversight responsibilities, the hearing will have a broad scope covering every aspect of the agency, from its Fiscal Year 2016 budget request to major policy issues before the Commission. This will be the Committee’s first public opportunity to directly question the Commission about its controversial Open Internet Order. The Committee is also expected to explore matters related to the modernization of the nation’s communications laws and the reauthorization of the agency, which has not occurred in 25 years." (source: US Senate Committee Hearing website, supra)

Witnesses:
- The Honorable Mignon Clyburn, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
- The Honorable Michael O’Rielly, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
- The Honorable Ajit Pai, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
- The Honorable Jessica Rosenworcel, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
- The Honorable Tom Wheeler, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission

UPDATE (after House hearing Tuesday): Grading Wheeler’s first day on the Hill — Now he faces the Senate — POLITICO: "Tuesday morning was a contentious one for Wheeler as he faced House Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz and other Republicans on the committee. There was meticulous questioning of Wheeler’s nine meetings with White House officials over the past year, Alex reports, as Republicans tried to paint a too-cozy connection between the agency and the president. Transparency was also in the spotlight, with Chaffetz alleging the FCC has improperly responded to congressional inquiries and FOIA requests. “[Wheeler’s] demeanor set a defiant tone for the next two weeks, which will see him testify four more times before four other GOP-led committees intent on chipping away at his Internet rules,” Alex writes... Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly: “I think he did superbly well. I didn’t think they laid a glove on him. … He was firm without being disrespectful. I think he brushed aside their insinuations like a fly.”"

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Net Neutrality Victory, FCC Protects Innovators and Consumers

Thanks to @FCC and @TomWheelerFCC for supporting local choice and broadband competition http://t.co/Lhqz6LB7lX pic.twitter.com/vq6c3zCkqW
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In the public meeting Thursday, Mr. Wheeler began his remarks by noting the flood of public comments. “We listened and we learned,” he said. (source infra)

In Net Neutrality Victory, F.C.C. Classifies Broadband Internet Service as a Public Utility - NYTimes.com: "The Federal Communications Commission voted on Thursday to regulate broadband Internet service as a public utility, a milestone in regulating high-speed Internet service into American homes.

Tom Wheeler, the commission chairman, said the F.C.C. was using “all the tools in our toolbox to protect innovators and consumers” and preserve the Internet’s role as a “core of free expression and democratic principles.”

The new rules, approved 3 to 2 along party lines, are intended to ensure that no content is blocked and that the Internet is not divided into pay-to-play fast lanes for Internet and media companies that can afford it and slow lanes for everyone else. Those prohibitions are hallmarks of the net neutrality concept.

Explaining the reason for the regulation, Mr. Wheeler, a Democrat, said that Internet access was “too important to let broadband providers be the ones making the rules.” Mobile data service for smartphones and tablets, in addition to wired lines, is being placed under the new rules. The order also includes provisions to protect consumer privacy and to ensure that Internet service is available for people with disabilities and in remote areas.... Also at the Thursday meeting, the F.C.C. approved an order to pre-empt state laws that limit the build-out of municipal broadband Internet services. The order focuses on laws in two states, North Carolina and Tennessee, but it would create a policy framework for other states. About 21 states, by the F.C.C.’s count, have laws that restrict the activities of community broadband services."

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The Internet Must Be Fast, Fair and Open says FCC Chief Tom Wheeler

"The internet must be fast, fair and open. That is the message I’ve heard from consumers and innovators across this nation. That is the principle that has enabled the internet to become an unprecedented platform for innovation and human expression. And that is the lesson I learned heading a tech startup at the dawn of the internet age. The proposal I present to the commission will ensure the internet remains open, now and in the future, for all Americans."--Tom Wheeler, FCC Chairman, February 4, 2015 (emphasis added, source infra)

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler: This Is How We Will Ensure Net Neutrality | WIRED: (excerpt below, emphasis added, read more at WIRED link above):

"... The phone network’s openness did not happen by accident, but by FCC rule. How we precisely deliver that kind of openness for America’s broadband networks has been the subject of a debate over the last several months. Originally, I believed that the FCC could assure internet openness through a determination of “commercial reasonableness” under Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. While a recent court decision seemed to draw a roadmap for using this approach, I became concerned that this relatively new concept might, down the road, be interpreted to mean what is reasonable for commercial interests, not consumers. That is why I am proposing that the FCC use its Title II authority to implement and enforce open internet protections. Using this authority, I am submitting to my colleagues the strongest open internet protections ever proposed by the FCC... my proposal will modernize Title II, tailoring it for the 21st century, in order to provide returns necessary to construct competitive networks. For example, there will be no rate regulation, no tariffs, no last-mile unbundling. Over the last 21 years, the wireless industry has invested almost $300 billion under similar rules, proving that modernized Title II regulation can encourage investment and competition. Congress wisely gave the FCC the power to update its rules to keep pace with innovation. Under that authority my proposal includes a general conduct rule that can be used to stop new and novel threats to the internet. This means the action we take will be strong enough and flexible enough not only to deal with the realities of today, but also to establish ground rules for the as yet unimagined..."

See also: Fact Sheet (FCC): Chairman Wheeler Proposes New Rules for Protecting the Open Internet (pdf)

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