. >> now, the chair of the federal communications commission talks about 5g spectrum and what it could mean for national security. she highlight the united states role in the sector, challenges posed by china's advancement in the field and infrastructure investments. >> good afternoon. people don't realize that the nature of national security has changed in the last couple decades. it's not as apparent as it was. the u.s. is, in some ways, a little bit behind other countries when it comes to how we think about the spectrum, how we think about 5g. 5g is the core of economic growth in the future. paying attention to how the spectrum uses 5g is crucial. we have a great discussion today. i'm going to introduce our two primary speakers and they will be followed by a panel. let me say that we are grateful that the chair of the federal communications commission as agreed to come and speak on the topic today. topic today. she brings over two decades of communications experience, policy experience and service to the fcc. prior to joining, she was the senior communications counsel for the senate

that depends on the federal communications commission. the fcc.he agency, which get this, makes decisions independent of the president and congress. had signaled it would allow cable companies which provide internet access to millions, like verison and at&t, to charge higher fees to internet companies to ensure their content is delivered to consumers faster. those companies hyperthreatically, would pass on those higher fees to consumers. in other words, the internet of the future might be turned into a two tiered system. where those can afford it, big internet companies and wealthier consumers will be on an internet quote, unquote, fast lane. while smaller companies and nonwealthy consumers will have to settle for an internet slow lane. well, the idea of faster and slower lanes and higher fees isn't sitting well with many internet companies like netflix, and tumblr that provide content to consumers. neither is it sitting well with many consumers who flooded the fcc website with 4 million comments. many of those comments exhorting the fcc for net n

. >> the chair of the federal communications commission talks about 5g spectrum and what it could mean for national security. she highlights the united states and infrastructure investments. good afternoon. welcome to csis. people don't realize the nature of national security has changed in the last couple of decades. it's not as imperative as it was. the u.s. in some ways is a little bit behind other countries when it comes to how we think about the spectrum and how we think about 5g. 5g is the core of economic growth in the future and how we need the spectrum needs. let me say that we are grateful for jessica rosen morsel chart of the federal communications commission has agreed to command a speak on the topic today. she brings over two decades of communications experience, policy experience and service to the fcc. prior to joining, she was the senior communications counsel for the senate committee on science and transportation. under the leadership of john d rockefeller many admired and senator daniel in a way. before entering public service, she practiced communications on washingt

and then add the federal communications commission, the federal trade commission to implement those safeguardsand i'm very hopeful, especially for children, that we'll be able to put a privacy bill of rights on the books. >> host: what's your reaction to some of the revelations about facebook and their use of data and lack of privacy? >> guest: well, it just proves once again that there's a dickenswith -- dickensian quality. it can enable and ennoble, but it can also degrade and debase. we're clearly seeing the more sinister side of cyberspace, and it's time for the congress to take action in order to insure that we put the protections on the books that guarantee that we don't see a repetition of what we've all learned in the past few years about what facebook and others have allowed to happen to the american public on behalf of their own profit-making at a corporate level. >> host: is it important that congress acts and states have acted on their own on net neutrality and privacy now? >> guest: well, europe has acted on privacy, california has acted on privacy, and now corporate america is co

markey: our bill returns america to the same rules which barack obama's federal communications commission put on the books in 2016 and donald trump's federal communications commission took off the books in december of 2017. we go back to the obama era. we go back to nondiscrimination. you can't just take people upside down. you can't create fast lanes and slow lanes, make people pay extra, all of that was protected against during the obama era and all my bill does is return us to that era and i'm doing it with chuck schumer and nancy pelosi and mike doyle and many other great people. i think we have a great chance to build momentum this year featuring those protections. host: it probably has a better chance in the house and the senate, correct? sen. markey: i think there is a high probability it will move through the house, but last year, i brought a congressional review act to overturn that which the trump federal communications commission had done, which is take the obama rules off the books and i won 52-47 on the senate floor with republicans voting with me. i am not ruling out once th

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i am from the federal communications commission. this is a historic day here at the fcc. it is a historic day or around the country as we transition from analog to digital television. it strikes me as kind of the end of the dinosaur age and the beginning of the digital age. there are a lot of benefits that millions of american consumers are beginning to enjoy today. i think that we will find that this is good for consumers and good for the country. the transition is far from over. we are in the midst of it. there will be some dislocation as we have said over the period of the past several months. we are hard at work what teams in the field. we have a call center. it is a lifeline for consumers that are experiencing problems. we will keep moving ahead and make this transition complete. everybody should be read scanning their television sets. >> -- should be scanning the television sets again >> things went about as smoothly as we could have hoped. it looked more like y2k then the bay of pigs. we have been getting a lot of attention on this. we are not done. we have a long

the day is set for one of the federal communication commission's toughest decisions.e will talk with one of the five commissioners who will determine how the u.s. will regulate the open internet. that is next on bloomberg west. ♪ >> i am cory johnson and this is "bloomberg west." the federal communications commission chairman tom wheeler announced the date for the latest proposal of an open internet. he also said he may be in support -- the stock -- take a -- on the strong open internet rules president obama has been suggesting. take a listen to what wheeler had to say. >> for the last 20 years, the wireless industry has been monumentally successful. hundreds of billions of dollars of investment as a title to regulated company. there is a way to do title to write. >> do you have clues about what that might look like in a proposal? he will give it in a few weeks and you can't talk about it yet. >> the big issue right now it is an important issue. but he has not shared the specifics with us. >> the timing will be what you -- what? >> i expect to see the proposal in earl

>> it was the golden age of the federal communications commission. moved all of the lanes of the communication highway, from analog to digital. that was cable broadcasts, satellite had been launched but the service had not yet begun. we came up with the digital television standards, which are radio standards. my first commission meeting we did band plans for pcf. and we began the first auction, at which point they actually used the hand placard to bid. it was an exciting time to be there. we also implemented the 1996 telecom act, which dramatically changed the landscape by introducing competition in local telephony and video. and also radically changed the landscape for broadcasts. widening the ability to consolidate broadcast properties. >> looking back 20 years later, did you get it right? susan: some of it we did. the other thing we did, and which is so important, and c-span can appreciate this greatly, is children's television programming. we instituted the requirement three hour for children's television on broadcast. some of it we got very righ

>> guest: peter, was the golden age of the federal communications commission. we moved all of the length of the communications highways from analog to digital. so that was cable, broadcast, satellite. the satellites have been launched but with the service d not yet begun. we came up with the digital television standards which is radio standard. my first commission meeting we did band plan. it was an extraordinary time. and we were just given auction authority so we began the first auction at which point they actually used the hand placards to bid. so it was an exciting time to be there, plus on top of all that we implemented the 1996 telecom act which dramatically changed the landscape by introducing competition in local both telepathy and video. and also dramatically changed the landscape for broadcast, widening the ability to consolidate broadcast propertie properties. >> host: looking back 20 years later, did you get it right? did the groundwork laid correctly? >> guest: some of the wicked. keep in mind -- the other thing we did which is important, and c-span

let me say that we are grateful for jessica rosen morsel chart of the federal communications commission has agreed to command a speak on the topic today. she brings over two decades of communications experience, policy experience and service to the fcc. prior to joining, she was the senior communications counsel for the senate committee on science and transportation. under the leadership of john d rockefeller many admired and senator daniel in a way. before entering public service, she practiced communications on washington, d.c. a senior advisor for cybersecurity and the department of commerce, the fcc first chief counsel for cybersecurity and also a former employee of senator john rockefeller so with that i should add that as a child in officer in the u.s. army. we are grateful. thank you for doing this. if i could ask you to come on out. thank you to csis and as jim said, when i was a child, out of college i served as a logistics officer in the army. which formed a lot of my own personal take on these issues of the overlap between commercial strength and national security. i just rea

it was the golden age of the federal communications commission. the lanes of the communication's highway from analog to digital. that was cable, broadcast. satellite. the satellites had been launched but the services had not yet begun. with the digital television standard, the radio standard. meeting, itmission was an extraordinary time. we begin the first auction, at used handt they placards to bid. implementedat, we this 1996 telecom act which dramatically changed the landscape by introducing in the video. dramatically changed the landscape for broadcast. widening the ability to consolidate broadcast properties. >> looking back, did you get it right? did the groundwork laid correctly? >> i think we did. and c-spanwe did -- can appreciate this -- requirement for children's television in broadcast. some of it we got very right. some of it, the marketplace said, we are not sure we need this anymore. the mission implemented the law. issue with this telecom act isbasically congress basically settling battles that priorken place during the 10 years. no

>> i am urging the federal communications commission to do everything they can to protect net neutrality for everyone. >> plus, immigration reform, house republicans are threatening impeachment if the president acts alone. >> impeachment would be a consideration. >> hurting the president of mexico, later, 2016. >> reduce the interest rates on student loans. >> new size elizabeth warn's pop ulism is being embrated by hillary clinton. in the g.o.p., the bush family is promoting jeb. >> they are saying he is going to be a great president. >> this guy has a cruise to the future coloring book. >> let. >> all that and more. >> people out there who can vote that just don't. >> that's it? now on "power politics." "hello, everybody: i am david shuster as the u.s. government prepares to issue new rules shaping the future of the internet president obama has taken sides. this week, the president joined consumer groups who believe internet access should be treated like electricity and water, the preponderate urged the federal communications commission to adopt rules that would ensure all internet tra

the federal communications commission and the federal trade commission host a forum on combating illegal r

robots this is the future will be made better cell phone coverage but to set it up the federal communications commission wants to auction off the bandwidth used by meteorologists to predict the weather and that nasa warns could knock forecasting accuracy all the way back to nine hundred seventy the current federal communications commission proposal would have a significant negative impact on the transmission of critical science data the problem has to do with a special radio frequency sensors that detect weather patterns operate on the same wavelength that five g. is set to use now these sensors are vital for quickly informing the public of natural disasters without them it would have been impossible to predict hurricane sandy's trajectory in two thousand and twelve and meteorologists are worried because a new five g. network could drown out that information and this is a very difficult thing because a lot of the radio frequencies that are used to sense the atmosphere do get out of survey sions about the weather are very close to areas where five g. rollout. will occur and in fact we do know that many o

. >> coming up on c-span, a senate confirmation hearing on nominees to the federal communications commission. then, a house committee hears from people who had their health coverage canceled by their insurance companies. later, senate judiciary committee chairman patrick leahy discusses the sonia sotomayor supreme court nomination. on tomorrow morning's "washington journal." jon hilsenrath, and brad sherman from california. they also discuss whether a hmadinejad really won the election. tomorrow morning, white house chief of staff rahm emanuel speaks and discusses the obama's agend administration opposed the agenda -- administration's agenda. >> every weekend, stream "book tv" programming write your computer -- right to your computer. the redesign booktv.org, look for it today. >> and now the confirmation hearing for it the president -- for president obama's nominee to head the federal communications commission. julius genachowski work during the clinton administration. it also includes testimony from robert mcdowell, a republican appointed by president bush. his term expires june 30. this h

there are two agencies, the federal communications commission and the federal trade commission. however, it is only the f.c.c., the federal communications commission that can actually protect consumers by enforcing the protection. the f.t.c. does not have that authority. and so what happens today if these privacy protections are ripped away from the american people? well, all the information that you give to your internet rvice provider, whether it's comcast, cable providers, charter, at&t, the one that you pay a pretty big bill to, they can take all of the information that they have, my account, your account, your account, your account, and use that information to sell it to the highest bidder to make money off of it. now there's an additional charge in this thing, alleged charge, and that is, well, what about google and netflix and facebook, what about them? why aren't they subject to what the f.c.c. did? well, they are edge providers. they are edge providers. you don't have to go to google. you don't have to go to facebook. you don't have to go to netflix in order to get your

has been tested and certified by the federal communications commission. before being deployed there are equipment on the operates on the spectrum allocated by the federal communications commission for commercial use. this means it cannot accept any spectrum allocated to the u. s. defense department investigation into the hallway equipment near u. s. ministry infrastructure was launched as far back as the bomber administration . back in 2020 congress approved almost $2000000000.00 to try to force way off the u. s. markets. both, none of its equipments has been removed so far. earlier we spoke with michael muller, a former senior security policy analyst in the office of the secretary of defense. and he thinks that the lack of evidence undermines the claims made in the article. i've read the cnn report, and once again, it's remiss in providing any details. it does not provide any firm data on espionage or even sabotage. and that has been the main concern for years in the defense department toward the hallway, equipment. if you're not going to be show specific

. >> the chair of the federal communications commission spoke about the importance of u.s. leadership in 5g technology and infrastructure. she argued u.s. leadership in this arena is critical for national and economic security. the center for strategic and international studies is the host of this event. face double the risk of dying by >> good afternoon. it is good to see familiar faces. i want to welcome you to this event, both those of you here in person and the large audience online. this event is streaming and also being covered by c-span. we are going to have a big audience. i want to start by thanking the audience and also my long-time former colleague and friend, jessica. colleague jessica rosenworcel who was -- is the first permanent chairman -- chairwoman of the fcc. thank you for being here and i think this is the third time you have appeared here at csis and i want to keep that pattern going and before i turn it over to her, we will release a paper and the title is "-- it's out of this event. the strategic imperative of u.s. leadership in next-generation network

court-tested legal precedent and can be administered by the federal trade commission at the same speed or lack thereof as the federal communications commission other state and federal statutes in common law offer powerful consumer protections such as those cover ing breach of contract, tort interference with contract, deceptive trade practices, fraud and much more. for instance, if isps were to breach their terms of swfs their customers the plaintiff's bar would have a field day launching an unaccountable number of class action lawsuits. additionally, having in part of official u.s. diplomatic delegations to negotiate treaties and the communication space as well as being an international blue ribbon panel on internet governance i can personally attest to the influence of the net neutrality debate to regulate all corners of the internet. the ongoing prospect of new net neutrality rules has generated thinking throughout the world that more regulation in the internet ecosystem should be the norm some internet regulation appears to be a one way ratchet. lastly, today i offer a warning. some technology companies that are pushing for cl

he is chairman of the federal communications commission. the agency adopted net neutrality rules earlier this year treating internet service as a public utility. the commissioner has been active in reviewing media and telecommunications mergers. the summit approved at&t's takeover of directv which created the largest television distributor in the united states. next year they will hold an auction to delegate sale of the air waves. good to have tom wheeler at the table. seems like i've known him 100 years. >> thank you. charlie, great to be here. >> rose: we had your favorite ohio state coach from -- >> the ohio state university. >> rose: my impression is they have no bigger fan than you. >> that's true. >> rose: you used to work withçó woody hayes. >> back in the day i rubbed shoulders with coach hayes. >> rose: talking about military history and all the things he taught there. >> coach said three things can happen, you can pass and two of them are bad. >> rose: whatñrs federal communications commission. >> the most important external force

the former head of public safety and homeland security for the federal communications commission said the room making is putting in place mechanisms that will not adequately promote competition. competition is critical. we have a tendency in the united states, we want to be competitive and advertise. some people put on the phone 5ge so they claim it's the latest and the best pick the fact is there's not enough competition and telecom operators around the world. there's not enough investment. we invest far more in rd that gnocchi and ericsson. they need to invest more because competition is critical for innovation, risk and resiliency. maintaining the capabilities to support our communication systems that will become increasingly reliant on in the future. >> one of the peace you talk about, to test for backdoors and things like that, the to administration has been saying that's not possible. they've been putting up document the last month saying the code is changing all the time, there is no way to look at that. is that just more of what you would see as very incorrect information that

julia boorstin has more. >> reporter: the federal communications commission is expected to approve 3 to 2 net neutrality rules and can't charge for prioritization. the new rules would regulate the internet as a public utility. while internet companies from x to facebook and providers including comcast and verizon largely agree on the principles they disagree on regulating the internet under title 2 regulations. the same way phone companies are regulated. internet company said the rules protect consumers. internet providers say it raises the risk of government overreach. >> you have the companies like verizon and at&t and comcast who don't oppose the net neutrality rules but the framework in order to get there imposes all of these burdensome regulations. >> reporter: comes on the heels of a committee hearing where they oppose net neutrality rules. >> what they'll vote on tomorrow is net nonsense. >> reporter: said it will lead to years of uncertainty for consumers. congressional republicans who delay the vote say legislation is the best solution. if the vote goes as expected this batt

robert mcdonald is former commissioner of the federal communication's commission.he was appointed by president's bush in 2006 and obama in 2009. unanimously confirmed both times. during his tenure at the fcc, commissioner mcdowell worked continuously to forge bipartisan concensus in adopting policies to promote commission expansion, and consumer choice. the washington post called him an independent force at the fcc while broadcasting and cable magazine described his tenure as states man like. prior to joining the fcc, commissioner mcdowel worked in a senior position in the mill aacommunications industry for 16 years. he graduated from duke university and received his law degree from the college of william mary school of law. professor bruce owens is a morris m. doil centennial professor at stanford university and a senior fellow for economic research. professor owens was the chief economist in the office of telecommunications policy at the white house under press nixon as well as the chief economist in the antitrust division under president carter. following his pu

andy: they provided some very substantial input to the federal communications commission, i believe they provided input to the commerce department, in response to the executive order from last year. they've told us some of their discussions with the government where it is quite clear, some of the folks in the government think we give away our equipment free, and some of our customers are telling the government they have particular measures they can use to help manage the risk, whether it is from huawei equipment, or nokia or ericsson. so those kinds of discussions, i think, are very helpful. they said to the government that the efforts to do what they call rip and replace, which is pending legislation coming up this year, that the amount of money's that have been discussed are not nearly enough, and it is going to take a lot more time and likely put some out of business. host: andy purdy, when you talk about rip and replace, how much equipment -- huawei equipment is being used in the states right now? andy: i am not sure i can give a number. we have -- of the 60 smaller suppliers, about

two days ago the federal communications commission voted to take a new look at media ownership rules raising the possibility that an existing regulation which prevents the merger of any of these so-called big four broadcasters could be overturned opening the door for c.b.s. n.b.c. a.b.c. and fox to merge with one another the f.c.c. will now look at comments on the role they plan to look at others as well including one that limits the number of t.v. and radio stations that one company can own in a single market this news comes as nielsen the company that monitors the viewing and listening habits of millions of americans is out with their latest survey on how we use media breaking it all down by platform demographic and time spent in gauged in media outlets here discusses margot professorial lecture at american university and conservative commentator steve malzberg thank you both for being here i'm so excited to talk about this margot how significant would it be if the f.c.c. doesn't fact overturn the big for allowing c.b.s. n.b.c. a.b.c. and fox to merge with each other listen ask any

and they went on the federal communications commission. >> susan s. for sharing some of your expertise, background and current work on the communicators. >> my pleasure. thank you. >> just a reminder that this communicators program as well as all others are available as podcasts. >> 2020 presidential democratic candidate holds a campaign event in detroit. watch live coverage at 7:30 p.m. eastern on c-span2. online@c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. >> senator bernie sanders holds a roundtable with public health experts and leaders in detroit. he will be discussing the global coronavirus and how to address it. live coverage starts at 315 eastern today on c-span three. you can watch online or listen with the free c-span radio app. >> during this election season, the candidates beyond the talking points are only revealed over time. since you cannot be everywhere, there is c-span. our programming differs from all of their political coverage for one simple reason. it is c-span. we brought you your unfiltered view of government every day si

that is the federal communications commission.ect some kind of retaliation to come from beijing? there is a few things that i think beijing made it to send a message. it could, for example, slow down the process of certain export licences for us companies with manufacturing capabilities. may be a snap inspection, production facility to down production but ultimately most us firms operating in china are already, they face challenges just in their day—to—day operations but don't forget most firms that are still operating their have some value to the chinese state in the sense that there is something the chinese i so by and large their work will be unimpeded for now. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: protests across ecuador — as the indigenous movement fights petrol price rises — and fuel subsidy cuts. indira gandhi, ruler of the world's largest democracy, died today. only yesterday, she had spoken of dying in the service of her country and said, "i would be proud of it. "every drop of my blood will contribute to the growth of

the federal communications commission held a open meeting to review their agenda, including the emergency broadband benefit program, expanding access to tele-, health and protecting networks. commissioner's also addressed cybersecurity threats, and chinese companies, huawei, and cte. block] chair: good morning, welcome to the february, 2021 open meeting of the federal communications commission. madam secretary, would you please introduce our agenda this evening. first, you will he or a presentation on creation of an emergency broadband benefits program. congress charged the fcc with developing a new $3.2 billion program to help struggling americans to pay for broadband internet. service during the pandemic. -- internet service during the pandemic. second, you will hear steps for the agency's telehealth program. congress recently provided an additional $239 million to support fcc efforts to expand connected care throughout the country, and help more patients receive health care safely. third, you will hear a presentation on work the agency is doing to collect precise and accurate fixed and

prior he served as assistant general counsel for the federal communications commission. the full bios have been distributed. as always it's an honor to have you join us today. >> thank you for organizing the program. it couldn't be more timely. thanks to the american consumer institute for the work you do. we would jump right in. i'm going to introduce a panelist by their affiliation. then i will ask them to speak initially, no more than five minutes. unless the five minutes will be fine. maybe even prefer. we want to make sure we have time for questions. with regard to commissioner carr, you don't have to be quite as careful in asking a question to these noted panelists. they are not covered by the sunshine act. we do want to have time for questions. i just want to say briefly before introduce the panelist, i was associated general counsel of the fcc from 1978 to 81. spent a long time since i've been watching the fcc. i have a concern really that the way of proceeding like this the comment process in my view has been subject to some distortion. public participation is w

the chairman of the us federal communications commission said bill backed the $26000000000.00 merger of sprint and germany's t. mobile sending shares of both firms upward pi's said the merger would approve build out of 5 g. wireless networks across the country the f.c.c. will give its formal verdict to the merger next month the us justice department also has to approve the deal. ryanair has posted a 29 percent drop in annual profit budget airline blames higher fuel costs cabin crew strikes and fears competition is says it's also affected by the grounding of boeing $737.00 max which is considered a very fuel efficient plane. one in 5 international companies is being forced into technology transfers in exchange for access to chinese markets that's according to a survey by the e.u. chamber of commerce in beijing cutting edge european companies are strongly affected carmakers pharmaceuticals and chemical firms all saying they've had to pass on data software and construction plans. and the morning shave is big business for the razor blade industry consumers worldwide forked out 3 and a ha

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