Improving Broadband and Mobile Communications

The Brookings Institution
Sept 21, 2009
10am

Darrell West, Brookings vice president and director of Governance Studies will discuss his new study on what consumers in four countries, including the United States, want from mobile communications. Other panelists will participate in a discussion about broadband and mobile communications and offer ideas for improving access in the United States.

After the program, panelists will take audience questions.

Participants
Featured Speaker
Julius Genachowski
Chairman
Federal Communications Commission

Moderator
Cecilia Kang
Reporter
The Washington Post

Panelists
Ben Scott
Policy Director
Free Press

Josh Silverman
CEO
Skype Technologies S.A.

Darrell M. West
Vice President and Director, Governance Studies

David E. Young
Vice President, Federal Regulatory Affairs
Verizon Communications