The U.S. Telecom Association and the National Cable TV Association separately made significant moves recently to boost their broadband lobbying efforts. USTelecom hired Littman Associates as its lobbyist for high-speed network issues, and the NCTA hired James Assey, Jr., a Democrat former Senate Commerce Committee aide, who will serve as the second-in-command to NCTA president and Republican Kyle McSlarrow. Assey is expected to be a major cable industry voice as broadband and Net neutrality issues are addressed.
For more:
- read this Associated Press story on USTelecom's move in The Houston Chronicle
- see this article on Assey's hiring in The Hollywood Reporter