IIA released the following statement supporting the FCC’s vote to modernize its rules governing siting of wireless infrastructure deployments.
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5G: Coming to a Community Near You (With the Right Policy in Place)
Broadband is at the heart of 21st-century life, and it will be the underpinning of our economy. The need to deploy the next generation of high-speed mobile broadband service (5G) around the country is nothing less than urgent.
Network Neutrality Needs Protection by Statute
Former Congressman Rick Boucher discusses the need for bipartisan legislation which will give statutory permanence to open internet guarantees while at the same time classifying broadband as an information service to be lightly overseen by the FCC.
IIA Statement on the FCC’s New Plan to Advance 5G Deployment in the U.S.
IIA issued the following statement welcoming FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr’s announcement that the agency will initiate further action to speed the deployment of small cell technology and help facilitate next-generation high-speed mobile broadband service around the nation.
IIA Statement on Trump Administration Clearing the Path for 5G
IIA applauds the proposal in President Trump’s infrastructure plan to amend current law to advance deployments of small cell equipment as the nation moves towards the adoption of next-generation 5G mobile broadband technology.
IIA Statement Broadens Conversation on Consumer Internet Protections to Include Privacy
The Internet Innovation Alliance (IIA) issued the following statement in response to the Internet Association’s (IA) letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Charles Schumer calling for lawmakers to codify open internet rules with a bipartisan bill.
Walden’s Call for Open Internet Legislation
There’s a chance to forge the bipartisan alliances that have long developed the best technology policies for our nation to put consumers’ interests and expectations first and produce a forward-looking bill that enshrines the principles of the open internet into law.
Congress Shouldn’t Repeat the FCC’s Title II Mistake
Former Congressman Rick Boucher argues that elevating to the status of law the FCC’s light-touch Title I regulatory treatment of broadband access service is the only dependable way to address the large rural-urban broadband deployment divide and ensure investment sufficient to meet the capacity demands of 5G technology.
IIA Statement on the FCC’s Establishment of an Office of Economics and Analytics
IIA supports today’s FCC action that spotlights the importance of data in crafting fact-based decision-making for our nation’s communications marketplace.
IIA Statement on Reports that the Trump Administration is Considering a Nationalized 5G Network
To promote innovation and investment in the broadband future and to maintain American global leadership in telecommunications, the way forward is through encouraging the private sector, not government control of networks.
IIA Statement on AT&T Net Neutrality Ad Calling for Internet Bill of Rights for Consumers
We hope Congress will act swiftly, and on a bipartisan basis, to finally settle the net neutrality debate by adopting a 21st Century ‘Consumer Internet Protection Act’ that will guarantee in law the necessary and comprehensive safeguards to protect all Americans and their online activities.
IIA Welcomes Kim Keenan to Leadership Team
Keenan will contribute a wealth of expertise and experience in tech and telecom policy.