Dive summary:
- Just like his predecessor, Federal Communications Commission chairman nominee Tom Wheeler expressed his devotion to broadband as a top priority.
- Wheeler underscored the administration's policy that all Americans should have access to broadband.
- To reach his goals, Wheeler will have to orchestrate the largest and most complex auction of wireless spectrum ever attempted before in history.
From the article:
"For the most part, the three-hour hearing played right into Wheeler's experiences with wireless and cable policy, allowing Wheeler to remind members that he lived through the TV digital transition and represented the wireless industry when it was last allocated spectrum."
