Christopher Guttman-McCabe
Since joining CTIA in 2001, Chris Guttman-McCabe has worked on a wide range of issues involving spectrum, regulatory mandates, and homeland security. Guttman-McCabe became Vice President for Regulatory Affairs in September, 2005, and in that capacity coordinates the association’s regulatory policy advocacy. Prior to joining CTIA, Guttman-McCabe worked as an attorney for four years at the D.C. based law firm Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP. He served as an Associate in the Communications Practice Group where he advised clients on wireless and common carrier issues, including licensing, compliance, and policy matters. Guttman-McCabe started his career as a management and strategic consultant to the steel industry at AUS Consultants and later co-founded Jacobson & Associates, a metals industry management and strategic consulting firm, where he served as the Vice President. Guttman-McCabe received his B.A. degree in economics from Swarthmore College and his J.D. Magna Cum Laude from Catholic University with a certificate from the Institute for Communications Law Studies.
Spectrum Efficiency – The Broadcaster Fallacy
Last week NAB submitted to the FCC a technical study by Uzoma Onyeije questioning the existence of a spectrum crisis. I was asked by several people in Washington if I planned to respond. I thought to myself, “why would a lawyer respond to a technical study by a lawyer?” So I decided that the better [...]
A Lesson on Spectrum: Study Up!
Today the NAB released yet another “study” in its frenetic, reality-defying campaign to prove that America is not facing a spectrum shortfall. We are tempted to again recite the facts on the exponential growth of wireless demand, the finite nature of spectrum supply and the inherent inefficiency of current broadcast spectrum use. Rather than restating [...]
Deja Vu – NAB’s Latest Stall Tactics on Spectrum
Here we are again (and again), a little more than a week removed from our last response to an NAB effort to stall incentive auction legislation, feeling the need to put together another response. NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith presented the annual NAB “State of the Industry” address during the 2011 NAB Show. Mr. Smith [...]
Again, NAB? Let’s focus on the facts about spectrum
Today, the NAB circulated what is best described as another misinformation blog posting masquerading as an economic study by Navigant. Here is a quick response from CEA’s Vice President for Regulatory Affairs Julie Kearney, who we worked with on the broadcast spectrum white paper, and me. The principal points of the paper are: You can’t have an incentive [...]
Another Day, Another Attempt to Stall Incentive Auctions
In the last week and a half, I have heard three stunning new arguments from the broadcasters in their attempt to stall action on incentive auction legislation. The first is that since the digital transition they are the most innovative sector in communications. The second began when they questioned the veracity of the Chairman (and the [...]
ITU: More Spectrum is Essential
I recently responded to the ridiculous claim that there was a “spectrum conspiracy.” In light of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) release on Friday, I find it pure folly. The ITU acknowledges the billions that carriers have invested to expand capacity and notes explosive growth trends. They also find that governments around the world – [...]
Global Spectrum Conspiracy…Really!?!
After reading a number of letters and articles recently that suggested that the upcoming spectrum crisis has been fabricated, I thought it would make sense for someone at CTIA to weigh in to the discussion. So I began to look back at the material, and to steal a line from my friend, “Really?” Honestly, I [...]
A Recap of Spectrum Week in Washington, DC
This has been a busy week from a spectrum perspective. I think we will look back in several years and say it was a formative week. The continued delivery and evolution of wireless broadband services – and the U.S. wireless ecosystem’s world leadership in broadband – hinge on the availability of sufficient spectrum resources. In [...]
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