“The future of the US economy depends on broadband wireless.”

By Brad

That’s a quote from FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, speaking at a recent event on mobile broadband, net neutrality, and spectrum in Washington DC. Mobile Marketing Watch has more on the event:

While the event centered on discussions on what can be done in relation to net neutrality across any channel, the general consensus was that it’s up to the FCC to induce the change necessary.  ”The biggest remaining barrier to mobile technology is high-speed data access from anywhere,” said Computech president Larry Fitzpatrick who spoke on the panel.  ”While the private sector has handled computing power and storage, it can’t solve data access on its own since it involves a public resource (spectrum) and the FCC has to be part of the solution.”