FCC to Hold Broadband Policy Meeting at WCAI's Silicon Valley Symposium

The FCC announced today that the "Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced Services will hold a meeting on broadband policy Thursday, November 6, 2008 at the Wireless Communications Association International's 14th Annual Symposium and Business Expo at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, California." I couldn't be more excited to have the FCC broadband policy meeting at our event; and I couldn't imagine a more appropriate place for a broadband meeting than Silicon Valley, the home of modern computing.

The Joint-Conference is part of the FCC's ongoing efforts to ensure that advanced services are deployed as rapidly as possible to all Americans, a goal that WCAI shares. As the only broadband platform that is capable of providing access everywhere, all the time, wireless broadband is playing a significant role in providing competition and delivering broadband to rural and underserved areas. WCAI's Symposium serves as a forum for promoting the growth of wireless broadband, and the Joint-Conference serves as a forum for an ongoing dialogue between the FCC, state regulators, and local and regional entities regarding the deployment of advanced telecommunications capabilities. I welcome the Joint-Conference to our event in San Jose, and I look forward to meeting all of the members.

COFETEL Commissioner Rafael del Villar to Speak at Silicon Valley Symposium

I was delighted to learn that COFETEL Commissioner Rafael del Villar has agreed to participate in a global spectrum harmonization panel at the WCA's Silicon Valley Symposium. Dr. del Villar has been an exemplary advocate for innovative spectrum policies in Mexico, including harmonization of Mexico's spectrum allocations with those in other countries. I look forward to hearing his views on future efforts to harmonize spectrum allocations in Mexico with others worldwide.