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Interview: Steve Largent of the CTIA
06 November 2009
Steve Largent heads the wireless industry’s trade association in the US and sees a big challenge in persuading politicians that mobile telecoms services can be directly affected by their policies — such as net neutrality
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Steve Largent: the CTIA has to be ‘a leading
advocate for the industry’ with politicians:
‘We assume we’re dealing with a blank slate’
The US mobile industry’s trade association, the CTIA, is to provide a short code text service for operators in South and Central America, following a request from the region’s two largest operators
The US mobile industry’s trade association, the CTIA, is to provide a short code text service for operators in South and Central America, following a request from the region’s two largest operators
The CTIA — formerly the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association — will be providing the service at the request of Telefónica and América Móvil, the two largest operators in Latin America.
The CTIA hopes that other operators will follow Telefónica and América Móvil. “If we can get them on board, everyone else will too,” CEO Steve Largent tells Global...
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