By Joan Engebretson
Ron Laudner, CEO of Iowa-based OmniTel Communications, was recently elected chairman of the Organization for the Promotion and Advancement of Small Telecommunications Companies, assuming that role at a critical time for small U.S. telcos. With the Federal Communications Commission set to put the process of reforming the Universal Service program in motion next week, I talked to Laudner this week about that and other key issues for OPASTCO members.
Universal service reform
Connected Planet: How do you think the FCC is thinking about Universal Service reform that may influence what we see from the commission next week?
Ron Laudner: What’s going to come out next week will change the focus from the National Broadband Plan to the rules and regulations that cover broadband and how the FCC will deal with that. [The focus will be on] the transition to a broadband industry and there will be some rules and guidelines we will have to follow to get there and there will be [a request for] comments [about that.]
The FCC will say, “This is what we want. Tell us how we should get there.”
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