Commissioner Baker Advises Baby Steps on Spectrum, Intercarrier Comp, Not Waiting for Broad Hill Action

摘要

Industry, public interest advocates and telecom regulators take small steps in making nspectrum and intercarrier compensation changes instead of waiting for a new nTelecommunications Act, FCC Commissioner Meredith Baker said at a Federal nCommunications Bar Association lunch in Washington. She called unlikely any law to give the ncommission new authority to regulate the Internet. Baker encouraged those in the packed naudience to concentrate on “living within our means” under the 1996 Telecom Act. That nincludes immediate action on spectrum allocation, universal service and intercarrier ncompensation, Baker said. “We cannot let another year go by without providing a clear nroadmap to industry about future spectrum availability,” she said.