Pai Meets With Tribes in Arizona
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and new FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr both were on the road Tuesday. Pai was at a tribal consultation at the Twin Arrows Navajo Casino Resort in Flagstaff, Arizona, Tuesday afternoon. The event was closed to the…
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public and the FCC didn’t have an immediate readout on what was said. Wireless carrier officials told us Tuesday that cutting the cost of siting small cells and other wireless facilities on tribal lands remains a challenging area for industry. “Look forward to going west to discuss closing the digital divide with Navajo Nation,” Pai tweeted early in the day. Carr was in North Carolina at the start of a trip focusing on job creation and other economic issues. Carr “will be learning more about the important role that tech and telecom policies can play in creating jobs, spurring investment, and growing the economy for the benefit of all Americans,” a spokesman said. “Great to be in the Tar Heel state today,” Carr tweeted. “Will tour a fiber manufacturing plant & visit a broadband deployment site.” Carr later tweeted: "Visited a Charter call center today in Charlotte. ... Great to hear about the new jobs being added here."