Ambassador: U.S. Wireless Policies Emulated by Developing Nations

America’s wireless policies continue to be emulated by developing nations, Ambassador David Gross, United States coordinator for international communications and information policy, said Friday at Broadband Policy Summit IV. Therefore, the US must “think domestically” but “act internationally” in wireless regulation – because many nations “monitor and dissect carefully” the telecommunications debates that now rage in Washington. More than 100 independent regulatory agencies have been modeled on the Federal Communications Commission. Gross also said that it was the US model of private enterprise that is “now widely adopted throughout the world.” Gross, who will be attending the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development “ministerial” next week in Seoul, noted the exponential growth of cellular devices. He said that India and China represent the height of cellular expansion. In India, the cell phone industry gains over 10 million new subscribers each month. In China, seven to eight million are added monthly. Wireless expansion has also occurred in Iraq and Afghanistan as well, he said.
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