NTCA throws support behind Adelstein

NCTA THROWS SUPPORT BEHIND ADELSTEIN
[SOURCE: Telephony Online, AUTHOR: Tim McElligott]
President Bush has nominated Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein for another 5-year term on the Federal Communications Commission. Rural telecom providers support the move. Dan Mitchell, vice president of legal and industry affairs at the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association (NTCA), said, "He was instrumental in helping to advance the agenda of rural telecom providers during his seven years as senior telecommunications aide to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD). The NTCA worked closely with him on Capitol Hill and has furthered that relationship during his tenure at the FCC.” The NTCA lobbied hard for Adelstein when he was first nominated in 2004 and consider him a leading voice on the commission for small communications providers.
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