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Reports: Powell to resign from FCC

FCC Chairman Michael Powell will resign today, according to reports from multiple news sources. Often criticized by many for his positions on landline competition, media ownership and indecency, Powell’s wireless philosophies generally are credited for the bureau’s spectrum policies that encouraged the development of technologies such as Wi-Fi and ultrawideband. Powell’s most-publicized work came in 800 MHz proceeding designed to prevent commercial wireless carriers from interfering with other users in the band—specifically, public-safety entities. After being disparaged for not moving on the issue sooner, Powell eventually led the negotiations on a unanimously approved order that calls for Nextel ...

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