Democratic shift in Congress may mean delays in wireless issues
Posted Nov 9th 2006 10:50AM by Brian White
Filed under: Cellular, Government, Regulatory/FCC, Business
With Tuesday's elections giving the U.S. Congress a Democratic bent from its previous slant to the Republican side, that means the shift will probably end the prospects for passage of a telecom reform bill.
The bill would
give broader wireless federal pre-emption and would shift more regulative issues to the FCC and states. With the AT&T and Bellsouth merger approval being deadlocked in a 2-2 vote at this time, I'm not sure how the recent election results will affect the vote in the FCC if at all, but we'll all see soon.
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