CTIA Statement on FCC Vote on 2024 Open Internet Order

"Consumers demand an open internet, and the wireless industry has delivered a world-leading consumer experience that is fast, open, and fair. The FCC's decision to turn back the clock and reimpose utility-style regulations threatens to undermine this achievement, disincentivizing investment, inhibiting competition, and diverting resources from critical efforts that would advance connectivity, such as creating a spectrum pipeline, that will help ensure all Americans benefit from wireless innovation and the competition that the wireless industry brings. Today's action exceeds the FCC's congressional authority, and we expect the courts will reject this effort by the agency to grant itself unprecedented power over such a critical part of our economy.

The wireless industry continues to urge Congress to establish permanent, bipartisan rules that secure the open internet while encouraging free market competition, innovation, and investment."