President Barack Obama is expected to soon nominate a former head of the largest U.S. cable TV and mobile trade organizations to be chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, WSJ.com reports.
Some policy advocates will decry Wheeler's nomination, but he is an acknowledged subject matter expert on both the cable and mobile industries. Others might say an FCC chairman intimately familiar with the funding of new entities should have views about innovation and regulation that could be helpful as the FCC grapples with how to adapt its regulation to a non-monopoly world where innovation can outrun regulatory understanding.
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Obama to Name Tom Wheeler to Head FCC
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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