Health IT Groups Tell FCC They're Concerned About Title II

Health information technology companies warned against the Federal Communications Commission applying any more network neutrality regulations, especially under Title II, to wireless broadband.

In a letter to the FCC Chairman and Commissioners, the heads of the Health IT Now Coalition, M-Health Regulatory Coalition, and Wireless-Life Sciences Alliance suggested that applying those regulations could hurt mobile health products and services, which it points out is important to serving underserved medical populations with affordable health care. They argue that the field is new and developing and that additional limitations on mobile could inhibit investment and innovation. "Regulatory and economic factors dictate against the imposition of a one-size-fits-all Title II common carrier regime on competitive and diverse mobile broadband services," they said.