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COPYRIGHT 2006 Crain Communications, Inc.
Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER
States will no longer be able to regulate the wireless industry under language included in the latest draft of the Senate telecommunications-reform bill. The question now for the wireless industry is whether the decision will remain as the Senate Commerce Committee continues marking up the bill.
The Senate Commerce Committee began marking up the Communications Act of 2006 last Thursday afternoon, but after 213 amendments were filed it became clear the process would not be finished in one session as originally planned. When three floor votes were called, Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, shocked the...
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