To health care is a dead end . But the only way to truly improve our Nations Health care system is to finally heed democrats request to come together and work in a bipartisan way. I hope our republican colleagues realize this sooner not later. Tonight on cspan2, the the communicators feature Meredith Attwell baker on the future of 5g technology. And then a portion of the House Armed Service Committee Markup of the 2018 Defense Authorization bill. Later, a forum on race, religion and immigration. Cspan where history unfolds daily. In 1979, cspan was created as a Public Service by americas Cable Television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. This week on the communicators we are pleased to have with us the president and ceo of the Wireless Association here in washington dc. The former fcc commissioner, who do you represent . To be back and test out the developments of the industry did a bunch of things that have changed. We will have a fun discussio
Host joining us this week is Meredith Attwell baker who is the new president and ceo of ctia. Tell us about the industy. Guest thank you for having me. It is great to be back representing this industy where everything is growing off of. We are the network operators, we build them, manufacture App Community and the new silicone valley. We are hoping to educate washington about that. Host as of today, what is the biggest industy facing yo your issue facing your industy . Guest i think the biggest problem is also going to be spectrum. It has been six years since having an auction. We have two coming up in the next couple years. The one starting in two days and we have the incentive auction coming next summer. They are fantastic. If we talk about the networks the phones are on that was coming from the aws1 auction that lasted last time. We will be working on spectrum for quite a while. Host are you satisfied with the progress especially on the ince incentive auction . Guest i was at the Co
Meredith Attwell Baker is the new presidd ceo of ctia, the wireless association. Commissioner, tell us about your association, who do you represent, what industry . Guest well, first of all, thanks for having me here. Its delightful to be back, especially now that i am representing this amazing industry that is really the platform where everything is growing off of. Who is ctia . We are not only the network operators, we are the people that build those networks, we are the manufacturers, and we have the App Community as well as the new Silicon Valley. We are, we are the connective life, and thats what ctia represents, and what we are hoping to educate washington about, and i just couldnt be any more thrilled to be with them. Host what is the Biggest Issue facing washington and your industry . Guest i think our top priority is always going to be spectrum. Spectrum is what the Wireless Industry needs, its what we run on. Its been six years wince receive had a since weve had a spectrum au