To combat the economic malaise, the Obama administration is bending over backward to encourage companies to create jobs in America. So why is the White House - and the Congress - challenging Huawei, a high-tech firm eager to invest and compete in the U.S. market? 

C. Michael Armstrong speech from 6/11/2002 "The Future of Telecommunications Regulation" event.

The issue for public policy is not whether UNEs make sense or not, or whether TELRIC or some other form of regulation makes sense.

Regulators and policymakers are struggling to keep up with rapid changes in the telecommunications industry. Policies toward telecommunications can dramatically affect innovation, consumers, and overall economic growth. This conference will address two key issues: first, whether regulations should guarantee what advocates call “net-neutrality,” which would restrict how Internet...

To be effective, policies intended to bring telecommunications services to people who otherwise would not have access should focus on encouraging competition.

F. Duane Ackerman, chairman and chief executive officer of BellSouth Corporation, assesses the future of telecommunications reform in the United States.