From: TVTechnology
FTC Chief ready for open internet oversight
By Gary Arlen
LAS VEGAS—Five federal policymakers offered their familiar visions of core regulatory issues, including spectrum policy and net neutrality, during CES sessions. With the FCC Chairman absent because of death threats he has recently received, and Democratic Commissioner opting to skip the program, the sessions were largely status reports on activities at the FCC, NTIA and FTC. The on-stage discussion did not address the Commission’s split decision in November on ATSC 3.0 rules.
David Redl, who heads the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, opened the session by reading very quickly through prepared remarks, touching on spectrum policy, cyber-security, international governance and the development of telecom infrastructure, including sharing of bandwidth assigned to federal agencies. He promised that spectrum policy will be a major focus of NTIA this year, and the agency will work with industry to develop procedures to make better use of the airwaves.
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