FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski on Mobile, Broadband, iPhone & Innovation

Late last week, a day before the Federal Communications Commission started to investigate the Google Voice App fiasco, I spoke with the new FCC chairman, Julius Genachowski. He managed to carve out a few minutes from what has been a very busy first month on the job.

As head of the FCC, Chairman Genachowski hopes to revive the telecom and broadband sectors by focusing on “consumers, competition and innovation.” He replaces a telco-friendly and decidedly consumer-unfriendly FCC chairman, Kevin Martin, so in my books he has very little room to disappoint. He says his strategic priorities are mobile, broadband and innovation...