CDF OpEd in Marietta Daily Journal: Georgia needs to update its telecom laws

November 24th, 2009

In yesterday’s Marietta Daily Journal, Citizens for a Digital Future Chairman John Watson discusses Georgia’s need for updated telecom laws – citing a number of potential economic benefits and the need to allow continued innovation and investment in new internet and digital technologies.

Here is an excerpt:

“This is just one example, but it leads to a larger point – that Georgia’s current telecom laws may not be ideal for today’s communications world. We need updated telecommunications laws which will incite investment in new Internet and digital technologies that will benefit Georgia citizens by creating more options for connecting to high speed internet.

These policy changes will spur economic development in Georgia communities and allow for the innovation and investment necessary to create an environment that is conducive to discovering ‘the next big thing’ in technology – like the next Blackberry or the next iPhone. Given the advances in communications technology in the past 10 years alone, who knows what the future of innovation holds?

Modernized telecommunications laws will incite investment in new Internet and digital technologies that will benefit Georgia consumers, allowing for the innovation necessary to produce new technologies that Georgia citizens need and want.”

We think it is an interesting read, we hope you check it out.