Pai’s FCC is rebooting broadband facilities competition and 5G investment

[Commentary] Let the competition to build 5G broadband facilities begin! Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai in his early actions and speeches is returning the FCC to supporting the policies that delivered the most facilities-based broadband competition and private investment of any country in the world, and that also produced rapid deployment of at least five competitive broadband facilities to 95 percent of Americans in a little over a decade.

Chairman Pai and Commissioner Mike O’Rielly know that promoting facilities-based broadband competition proved highly successful before, and it can be as successful again in ensuring that America’s current lead in 4G LTE broadband deployment continues with strong 5G private investment and deployment going forward.

[Cleland is president of Precursor LLC and chairman of NetCompetition, a pro-competition e-forum supported by broadband interests.]