• Improve your chances of securing a meeting room. 
• Realize significant savings on booth fees.
• Gain extra FREE registrations for your employees.

Visit the COMPTEL PLUS website to see a list of available sponsorships or email Amy Smith to learn how you can design a sponsorship to meet your company's unique marketing goals.

Keynote Speaker: FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler

Registration is now open for the COMPTEL PLUS Fall 2014 Convention & EXPO. Take advantage of early bird savings of more than 25 percent off regular rates if you register before July 18.

Also, book your room at our host hotel, the Gaylord Texan, to ensure you are in the heart of all the action. 

At COMPTEL PLUS, you have the opportunity to meet with the top decision makers in the communications industry, learn about new products and services being offered by our exhibitors, make valuable contacts that turn into contracts, and hear from our keynote speaker, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler.

• Modernizing E-Rate to Deliver Digital Learning: The Commission will consider a Report and Order (R&O) to modernize the E-Rate program and expand support for WiFi connectivity for schools and libraries. The R&O seeks to close the WiFi gap, make E-Rate dollars go farther, and deliver faster, simpler and more efficient applications and other processes. 
• Connect America Fund Rural Broadband Experiments: The Commission will consider a R&O establishing a budget and a methodology for selecting winning applications for the Connect America rural broadband experiments adopted by the Commission in the January Tech Transitions Order. 
• Closed Captioning of Internet Protocol-Delivered Video Clips: The Commission will consider a Second Order on Reconsideration and a Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that revisits the Commission's determinations regarding the captioning of video clips when delivered using Internet protocol, ensuring that individuals with hearing disabilities are able to enjoy the full benefits of broadband technology.  

The Open Meeting is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. in Room TW-C305, at FCC headquarters Washington, D.C. The event will be shown live at FCC.gov/live.

FCC Officials Speeches Address Competition Issues 

Last week FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai and General Counsel Jon Sallet delivered speeches that addressed several key issues impacting communications competition.

First, on June 23, Sallet spoke about "The Jurisprudence of Innovation" at the FCBA Year in Review, highlighting the need for regulatory certainty, as well as the flexibility for innovation to flourish. Then on June 25, Commissioner Pai discussed "Reforming Communications Policy in the Digital Age," including the open Internet, access to broadband and his view of the FCC's regulatory role, at a Free State Foundation event.