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CTIA Response to President Obama's Statement on Net Neutrality(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- CTIA-The Wireless Association issued the following news release: Please attribute the following statement to CTIA-The Wireless Association President and CEO Meredith Attwell Baker: "CTIA and its members are committed to delivering an open mobile Internet, but applying last century's public utility regulation to the dynamic mobile broadband ecosystem puts at risk the investment and innovation which characterizes America's world-leading $196 billion wireless industry. The facts are clear that, under the current mobile-specific regulatory framework, the U.S. wireless industry plays a vital role in the nation's economy, employing more than 3.8 million Americans, driving more than $113.4 billion in capital investment, leading the world in LTE network deployment and providing a platform for innovation for U.S. consumers and businesses. Imposing antiquated common carrier regulation, or Title II, on the vibrant mobile wireless ecosystem would be a gross overreaction that would ignore the bipartisan views of members of Congress and the FCC, would impose inappropriate regulation on a dynamic industry and would threaten mobile provider's ability to invest and innovate, all to the detriment of consumers. CTIA strongly opposes such an approach." [Category: Telecommunications] TNS 30FurigayJof 14111-4931673 30FurigayJof (c) 2014 Targeted News Service |