With wireless competition heating up, time to thank the FCC

[Commentary] It's time to give the regulators who oversee the wireless industry a big cheer -- and urge them to keep up the good work.

Prices for smartphone service are coming down. The terms of wireless contracts are becoming less onerous and more transparent. Consumers unhappy with their carrier generally have three other big carriers to choose from. And the weakest of the Big Four wireless providers have been steadily improving their networks. You can give a good deal of credit for these positive developments to the Federal Communications Commission. Over the past three years, opposition from the FCC has helped quash two potential megamergers involving the Big Four, inspiring those companies to compete ever harder for your business.