Think Tank Analysts Outline Pro-Growth Broadband Reforms
Competitive Enterprise Institute team calls for FCC auction authority renewal, USF funding overhaul, and NTIA bureaucratic reform.
Competitive Enterprise Institute team calls for FCC auction authority renewal, USF funding overhaul, and NTIA bureaucratic reform.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2025 — Analysts at the Competitive Enterprise Institute are urging Congress to enact broad telecommunications reforms as outlined in CEI’s Jan.14 Pro-Growth Agenda for the 119th Congress.
In the agenda, CEI analysts Brian Rankin and Jessica Melugin pushed for reforms to close the digital divide and stimulate economic growth.
“Improved Internet connectivity is essential to promote innovation, reduce socioeconomic inequality at home, and improve America’s global economic competitiveness abroad,” they said.
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