MMTC: FCC Should Seek Data on Mobile Marketplace Diversity

The Minority Media & Telecommunications Council has asked the Federal Communications Commission to start including requests for data on diversity when it asks for info for the next report on the competiveness of the mobile wireless marketplace. In a letter to Ruth Milkman, who heads the FCC's Wireless Bureau, MMTC pointed out that in two recent notices seeking information, requests for data on minorities and women-owned businesses were not included. MMTC says the FCC should include questions about "size and race/ethnicity, MWBE contracting and procurement opportunities, and participation data and trends, in all notices issued for the upcoming mobile wireless competition report."