Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s two appointees to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) will soon be sworn in. Many hope these winds of change will lift California’s stagnant telecom policy out of its slump, making 2005 a pivotal year for communications jobs and technology. One of the first issues the new commissioners will face is the ironically named “Telecommunications Consumer Bill of Rights,” a nightmare set of regulations that micromanages how wireless and other phone companies do business.
Winds of Change Could Help Fix Telecom
Posted by: Sonia Arrison January 14, 2005 05:00 AMGovernor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s two appointees to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) will soon be sworn in. Many hope these winds of change will lift California’s stagnant telecom policy out of its slump, making 2005 a pivotal year for communications jobs and technology. One of the first issues the new commissioners will face is the ironically named “Telecommunications Consumer Bill of Rights,” a nightmare set of regulations that micromanages how wireless and other phone companies do business.