F.C.C. chief to resign a day before Clinton inauguration

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US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chmn Alfred C. Sikes announces his intention to resign before the inauguration of Pres Bill Clinton. Because the FCC is an independent regulatory agency, Sikes' term was scheduled to expire Jun 30, 1993. However, Clinton is entitled by law to appoint an FCC chairman and Sikes, a life-long Republican, has no interest in serving a Democratic administration. During Sikes' tenure, the FCC worked to establish the principle that the free market is the best tool for guiding new technologies. Sikes supported allowing local telephone companies into the information and television industries. Some observers note that Sikes' paramount achievement was to set the race for a high-definition television (HDTV) standard. Sikes' most notable failure was his attempt to overturn regulations that ban television networks from owning the rerun rights to television series that they broadcast.

Executive, Resignation

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Checking your watch for messages, too

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Wristwatches that contain paging beepers are expected in early 1990, significant of advances in miniaturization of radio communications technology. Necessary circuitry is on tiny silicon chips, and highly sensitive antennas are in watches' bands. Two teams of companies are working on products: one team, which is using a new system, includes American Telephone and Electronics Corp together with Hattori Seiko Company of Japan; the other team, working on a system that serves current paging networks, includes Motorola Inc and the Timex Corp. Engineers working on these projects foresee an enormous market for a device that is part pager and part watch.

Radio & TV communications equipment, Watches, clocks, watchcases & parts, Product development, Telecommunications equipment industry, Telecommunications equipment, Motorola Inc., MOT, Radio pagers, Pagers (Communication devices), Clock and watch industry, Clock industry, Watch industry, Timex Corp., column, Communications Equipment, Pager Systems, Miniaturization, Watches, American Telephone and Electronics Corp., Hattori Seiko Company Ltd.

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Patrick leaving a legacy of a free-market F.C.C

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Federal Communications Commission Chmn Dennis R. Patrick resigns after two years of controversial leadership. Patrick advocated free-market policies that often conflicted with the communications policy supported by Congress. Patrick engineered the repeal of the fairness doctrine, which required broadcasters to give contrasting views on issues, and the implementation of profit-incentive regulation for AT&T. He is opposed to the current regulations banning regional Bell holding companies from creating electronic information services. Patrick will be replaced by Alfred C. Sikes.

Personalities, Deregulation, Telecommunication policy, Telecommunications policy, Patrick, Dennis R.

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