According to David Hatch at the National Journal’s Tech Daily, two new names have surfaced as candidates for the empty Republican slot at the FCC. The first, Robert McDowell, is SVP and General Counsel at CompTel, the trade association that represents competitors to the Bell companies. At CompTel, McDowell works for a former top aide to Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-AK). The other, William Crispin, is a communications attorney who heads up his own firm, Crispin and Associates, which represents wireless carrier including Qualcomm, NextWave Telecom and Nextel Communications.
Meanwhile the Senate Commerce Committee has scheduled a confirmation hearing for December 13 for the remaining nominated Commissioner, Tennessee regulator Deborah Tate. At that hearing, the Committee will also consider the renomination of Michael Copps – one of two Democrats on the FCC
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