FCC Chairman gives broadband progress report

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski said the National Broadband Plan recommendations that the FCC has already begun implementing include its white spaces order, reform to pole-attachment rules, moving to free up spectrum for mobile broadband, and reform of the E-Rate program to help bring technology into schools. As for initiatives still on the way, Genachowski named a few: reform the Universal Service program, promote broadband adoption, launch incentive auctions to recover underused spectrum, and empower consumers of wired and wireless broadband.