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-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 [...]
CTIA-The Wireless Association Statement on Today’s Wireless Emergency Alerts Announcement
Today, I issued the following statement in response to the announcement made by several wireless carriers, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and New York City on the delivery of wireless emergency alerts under the Warning Alert and Response Network (WARN) Act: “Today’s announcement by several wireless carriers to begin delivering [...]
CTIA-The Wireless Association Statement on NAB’s Keynote by Gordon Smith
In response to NAB’s President and CEO Gordon Smith’s keynote at its conference today, I released the following statement: “While I am not inclined to respond to NAB every time it repeats its opposition to incentive auctions, since this is NAB’s conference, CTIA and the wireless industry thought we’d respond to this set of desperate [...]
CTIA-The Wireless Association Statement on Free State Foundation Seminar
After speaking before the Free State Foundation Seminar on “Regulatory Reform at the FCC: Why Not Now?”, I released the following statement: “As I stated in my remarks, CTIA and the wireless industry support President Obama’s recent Executive Order that directed federal agencies to review existing rules and to consider whether new proposals create barriers [...]
CTIA-The Wireless Association Statement on the FCC’s Open Meeting
After the FCC’s April Open Meeting, I issued the following statement: “CTIA applauds the Chairman and Commissioners for taking concrete steps to address key issues affecting wireless broadband infrastructure deployment. Regarding pole attachments, CTIA commends the FCC for affirming wireless providers’ rights to attach to utility poles, including the tops of poles to enable greater [...]
CTIA-The Wireless Association Statement on the IRS Wireless Depreciation Ruling
In response to the IRS wireless depreciation ruling (Rev. Proc. 2011-28), I released the following statement: “The published ruling will provide a guideline to settling issues that have caused significant confusion for both the taxpayers and the IRS. It has been a pleasure to work with such remarkable professionals from the IRS and the industry [...]
The Clock is Ticking on Our Mobile Future, But NAB’s Hail Mary Attempts to Thwart Wireless Industry Innovation Need to Stop
In football, they call it a “Hail Mary” pass. It’s a desperate attempt by a quarterback to heave the ball downfield and hope that one of his receivers can miraculously catch it and score a game-winning touchdown or set-up a last second field goal attempt. I bring this up because that’s exactly what the broadcasters [...]
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