CTIA: Internet Rules Shouldn't Apply to Wireless

The Federal Communications Commission shouldn't apply rules for an open Internet to wireless services, CTIA-The Wireless Association told the FCC. The wireless marketplace "is working for consumers and regulation is not needed," CTIA CEO Steve Largent said.

A separate trade group in Washington representing companies including Google, EBay and Microsoft, is supporting the proposed regulations. Forbidding discrimination against content is "necessary and appropriate," the Computer & Communications Industry Association said in comments filed to the FCC yesterday. Verizon Communications and AT&T have said new restrictions aren't necessary and may hinder their ability to manage congestion on networks. Comcast Executive Vice President David Cohen in a corporate blog posting on Jan. 11 said his company questioned whether the record being assembled by the FCC will show a need for new rules.