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    FCC Chairman Outlines Deregulatory Agenda

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    Caron Carlson
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    June 7, 2005
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      CHICAGO—Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin, who took the helm of the agency this spring, on Tuesday outlined an agenda that will extend the deregulatory program of his predecessor, Michael Powell.

      Addressing the telecommunications industry at its annual gathering, the Supercomm conference and expo in Chicago, Martin said his top priority is to create a regulatory environment conducive to furthering broadband deployment—a priority of the Bush Administration as well.

      “Broadband technology has a real impact on almost every aspect of consumers lives,” Martin said.

      “It has a significant impact on the economy as a whole.”

      Emphasizing that part of the FCCs job is to “level the playing field” for telecom providers, Martin said the commission will continue to promote a light touch when it comes to implementing regulations. “Fundamentally I think the direction is going to be the same,” he said.

      In the wireless realm, the commission will likely move toward less regulation as well.

      To facilitate continued wireless growth, the agency will make more spectrum available with limited rules on its use.

      “I think the commissions going to continue to provide more flexibility in the [spectrum usage] rules,” Martin said.

      Noting that this years Supercomm “feels more like” the Consumer Electronics Show than it has in the past, Martin said he was impressed by the number of user technologies and wireless demonstrations at the show.

      The telephone companies emphasis on deploying video services also marks a change in the industrys annual gathering, he said.

      Policymakers need to re-examine the traditional mode of regulating communications based on the type of network (e.g., cable, wireline, wireless) used to deliver services, but there are many decisions that the agency can make under the current structure, Martin said.

      /zimages/5/28571.gifRead more here about lawmakers pushing for more scrutiny of telecommunications mergers.

      The FCC is working on a general framework to govern new IP-enabled services and will likely issue rules by the end of this year or early next year, Martin said.

      In the meantime, the commission may address specific IP-related decisions earlier, at is did recently with emergency 911 rules for voice over IP services, he said.

      As for what he would like his legacy as FCC chairman to be, Martin said: “I hope that people would say I was fair in trying to address these complicated issues.”

      /zimages/5/28571.gif Check out eWEEK.coms for the latest news, views and analysis on voice over IP and telephony.

      Caron Carlson

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