A season of great change in D.C. won't bring smooth sailing | Blogs | ITBusinessEdge.com

Climate change, the economy, health care and various odds and ends confront the Obama administration. Telecommunication policy, another sticky issue, is on the horizon. While it isn’t quite as monumental as those three, it certainly is vital. It also challenges and perhaps surpasses them in complexity.

Complexity comes with the territory. Regulation and administration of telecom always has been fraught with complications because of a basic and inherent contradiction: Major carriers such as AT&T and Verizon simultaneously compete with and supply other companies. Being fair to the Davids as well as the Goliaths is a complex minuet that, if nothing else, has put the sons and daughters of countless telecom lawyers through college...