Mobile Future warned the White House against subjecting...
Mobile Future warned the White House against subjecting wireless carriers to the same net neutrality rules imposed on wireline providers, in comments submitted Tuesday to the Obama administration’s Office of Science and Technology Policy and National Economic Council’s request for…
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information on an administration innovation strategy. “Subjecting wireless broadband networks to rules that dictate how wired networks are designed and operated would be a mistake,” Mobile Future said (http://bit.ly/1mqZlWL). “It is imperative that the FCC keep this urgent demand-versus-capacity challenge in mind as it considers adding new net neutrality rules to the books. Everyone supports an open Internet. That’s why -- despite the call for more regulation -- not a single formal net neutrality complaint has been filed with the [FCC] since the adoption of its 2010 Open Internet Order.” Mobile Future blasted the possibility of subjecting “the entire mobile ecosystem to Title II regulations written to micromanage the businesses of local telephone monopolies. One can hardly envision a more anti-innovation approach, and the Administration should flatly and publicly reject these extreme calls.” Mobile Future urged the administration to focus on freeing up more spectrum for an expansion of mobile broadband. The Partnership for American Innovation, with Apple, IBM and Microsoft among members, also commented, highlighting the importance of a strong intellectual property system and a properly functioning patent system. “Heated rhetoric often based on the bad behavior of a few patent assertion entities has fueled an environment where a company is demonized for good faith enforcement of its hard-earned, legitimate property rights,” said the partnership (http://bit.ly/Y2AMEn). “The corresponding policy discussions lead our country away from a balanced IP system that enables collaboration and innovation. If this lopsided model of innovation is adopted, we risk creating a system where foreign competitors gain a competitive advantage by patenting their ideas while copying American IP without consequence.”