CTIA-The Wireless Association® Statement on the Rhode Island Wireless Innovation Bill

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Jun 25, 2013, 01:07 ET

WASHINGTON, June 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After Rhode Island Governor Lincoln D. Chafee signed a bill to reform the state's regulation of the wireless communications industry, CTIA-The Wireless Association's Vice President of External and State Affairs Jamie Hastings said:

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"We appreciate Rhode Island's state government leaders for enacting this bill that encourages continued wireless industry investment and innovation, which is key to ensuring a competitive marketplace. With healthy and strong competition, consumers have a variety of providers to choose from. That's why it's great that Rhode Island joined 37 other states and the District of Columbia by enacting legislation that avoids the creation of a separate set of state rules for wireless technology.

"We applaud Governor Chafee and the Rhode Island state legislature, including Senate President Teresa Paiva Weed, House Speaker Gordon Fox, bill sponsors Senator Roger Picard and House Majority Whip Stephen Ucci and Representative Brian Patrick Kennedy for taking this important step that creates a forward-looking economic policy to encourage continued wireless industry innovation and competition that benefits consumers."

CTIA-The Wireless Association® (www.ctia.org) is an international organization representing the wireless communications industry. Membership in the association includes wireless carriers and their suppliers, as well as providers and manufacturers of wireless data services and products. CTIA advocates on behalf of its members at all levels of government. The association also coordinates the industry's voluntary best practices and initiatives, and sponsors the industry's leading wireless tradeshows. CTIA was founded in 1984 and is based in Washington, DC.