Steve Largent
Steve Largent became President and CEO of CTIA-The Wireless Association® in November, 2003.
Prior to joining CTIA, Mr. Largent was a Member of the United States Congress, representing Oklahoma’s First Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1994 to 2001. Mr. Largent was the Vice-Chairman of the Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee and also served on the Telecommunications Subcommittee, the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, and the Environment and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee. His seven-year voting record reflects consistent support for lower taxes, less regulation, and strong free markets.
Mr. Largent has also managed his own advertising & marketing consulting firm, where he worked with numerous Fortune 500 companies around the country. In addition, he served as Mid-West Chapter Executive Director of the Wheelchair Foundation.
Mr. Largent was a record setting wide receiver with the Seattle Seahawks for 14 years, setting six career records and participating in seven Pro Bowls. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995 and the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame in 2006.
Mr. Largent received a B.S. in Biology from the University of Tulsa.
CTIA Statement on the FCC’s 2nd Annual “Wireless World Travel Week”
In response to the FCC’s announcement about the second annual “Wireless World Travel Week,” I released the following statement: “Since the first ‘Wireless World Travel Week,’ more carriers have taken steps to empower consumers by introducing new – or enhancing existing – tools and resources for customers to ensure the best international calling, texting and [...]
CTIA-The Wireless Association Statement on NTIA Administrator Larry Strickling’s Testimony Before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
In response to NTIA Administrator Larry Strickling’s testimony on federal government spectrum use before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, I issued this statement: “We thank Administrator Strickling and the House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology for their focus on the importance of freeing up spectrum for commercial mobile broadband use. [...]
CTIA Response to FCC’s 15th Annual Mobile Wireless Competition Report
After the FCC released the 15th Annual Mobile Wireless Competition Report, I issued the following statement: “Even though I haven’t had a chance to read the entire FCC’s 15th Annual Mobile Wireless Competition Report that was released late this afternoon, from a cursory review, it appears it reflects the tremendous innovation and investment that occurred [...]
Wireless Industry Innovation: We’re #1
In the last couple of weeks, the CTIA blog has been focused on some of the wireless industry’s innovations, such as apps and devices. We’ve also highlighted our members’ $71 billion investment in capital expenditures in 2008-10, the 110% increase in data traffic between 2009-10 and the additional 500 billion text messages exchanged in 2010 versus [...]
CTIA-The Wireless Association Statement After the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation Voted to Approve the “Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act”
After the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation voted to approve S. 911, the “Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act,” I released the following statement: “CTIA congratulates Chairman Rockefeller for moving his bill forward. We greatly appreciate the focus the bill places on authorizing incentive auctions and making additional spectrum available for commercial [...]
CTIA Statement on the Circulation of FCC’s CMRS Competition Report
Today I released this statement on the circulation of the FCC’s CMRS Competition Report: “We hope that the FCC’s CMRS Competition Report this year reflects the tremendous innovation and investment that occurred in the wireless ecosystem in 2009 and 2010. Consumers enjoyed more advanced handsets, an ever-expanding range of services and applications and more robust [...]
CTIA-The Wireless Association Statement on House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law Hearing on Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2011
After the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law Hearing on the Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2011 (H.R. 1860), I released the following statement: “Today’s hearing was an important step toward preventing the imposition of discriminatory taxes on products and services that are downloaded to mobile devices or [...]
CTIA-The Wireless Association Statement on Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2011
After U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and John Thune (R- SD) and U.S. Representatives Lamar Smith (R-TX-21) and Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) introduced the Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2011 (S. 971; H.R. 1860), which would prevent unfair state and local taxes to be levied on wireless services and products purchased via the [...]
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