ADVISORY/Experts Available To Discuss FCC Rules for New Wireless Technology.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE) TOPIC: The Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission (FCC), independent executive agency of the U.S. government established in 1934 to regulate interstate and foreign communications in the public interest. (FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. ) adopted regulations to urge development of a new wireless technology, which will enable large amounts of information to be sent between buildings without the use of cables, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. an article by The Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. . The technology has been described as the wireless equivalent of fiber-optic cables. The FCC will allow the technology to operate in a section of airwaves airwaves Noun, pl Informal radio waves used in radio and television broadcasting that was initially meant for government use. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Robert Mazer is partner of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. His principal area of practice is international telecommunications law. Since leaving the Federal Communications Commission staff in 1983, Bob has represented international, wireline, wireless and satellite companies, and companies engaged in the development of emerging telecommunications technologies. For these companies Bob has provided a broad range of strategic, regulatory and corporate support. He currently advises several companies on U.S. and international telecommunication regulatory issues. Additionally, Bob conceived and assisted in the establishment of several emerging telecommunications companies See telecom company. . For instance, he conceived the idea and founded a company that is currently developing a technology that will allow all existing AM and FM analog radio stations to convert to digital formats enabling reception of compact disc quality sound by all radio listeners. In another matter, Bob was a founder and assisted in the conception and wrote the business plan for a company that has established a telecommunications network A telecommunications network is a of telecommunications links and nodes arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links and through various nodes. for the financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. industry. 202-639-6755 rmazer@velaw.com Professor Francois Bar, of Stanford University Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. David Starr Jordan was its first president. , is an expert regarding wireless technology and information networking. 650-723-0701 Professor Kathleen Wallman, of Georgetown University/ Wallman Consulting, can share her expertise in telecommunications and technology policy issues. She was an advisor to a top-level official with the Federal Communications Commission. She served at the White House as Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Counselor and Chief of Staff of the National Economic Council. In that capacity, she was responsible for mass media and domestic and international telecommunications issues including cable, broadcast, satellite, wireless and wireline matters and for coordinating policy decisions with Cabinet agencies. 703-759-6519 ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/. |
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