Chairman Pai Remarks at CANTO 2018 Fireside Chat

[Speech] At my remarks during yesterday’s opening session, I talked about why we are all here: to help bring the benefits of communications technology to all the people we serve. Before taking questions from Chairman Wilkins and you in the audience, I’d like to talk briefly about how we are pursuing specific policies at the Federal Communications Commission to bring digital opportunity to the people of the United States. In particular, I’ll focus on infrastructure and spectrum.

The central focus of our infrastructure policy has been removing regulatory barriers that hold back private network investment. We believe, based on experience and logic, that promoting more investment will lead to more facilities-based competition. We are committed to working together toward international radio spectrum allocation and harmonization for next-generation terrestrial mobile and satellite services. This will help ensure that emerging technologies are promptly introduced into the marketplace, to the benefit of all citizens in our region.