DOJ Official: We've Come A Long Way Since Star Trek
The Justice Department's top antitrust official told a telecommunications policy and regulation conference on Wednesday that the industry is "one that has had some major ups and downs but is certainly one that is not going away."
Assistant Attorney General Thomas Barnett cited the "steady progress" and breakneck innovation that has been made in recent years in the delivery of data, voice and video. He also noted the promise of power companies' foray into the broadband game and mobile players' attempts to offer faster Web access. "It is a very exciting industry," he said.
To illustrate how times have changed, Barnett showed a photo of a "Star Trek" communicator, which he said "seemed like a pretty neat device at the time." Nowadays, that fictional tool doesn’t compare to "your BlackBerry or Razr phone," he said.
Read more coverage of the Practising Law Institute's symposium in Technology Daily's PM Edition.
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