Tom Wheeler, President Obama’s choice to lead the agency, said its support of competition was especially important because of Americans’ dependence on communications networks.
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A law school professor is on a permanent campaign to argue that the telecom and cable industry has been overtaken by monopolists who resist innovation and overcharge consumers.
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President Obama is expected to nominate Tom Wheeler, who has been a lobbyist and venture capitalist in the telecommunications industry, to head the Federal Communications Commission.
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The Federal Trade Commission expressed hope that the winning proposals find their way to the marketplace soon, to provide relief to millions of American consumers.
Sprint Nextel and SoftBank, its Japanese suitor, are expected to accept restrictions from American law enforcement officials on the companies’ ability to pick telecommunications suppliers.
The sweeping plan would give regulators broad new powers over the companies that dominate Mexico’s telephone, television and Internet industries.
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