Additionally, Deven Parekh serves on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) Technical Advisory Board. The FCC regulates interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and United States territories.
The Technical Advisory Council of the FCC has a varied range of leading technical experts. They help to provide the technical expertise the FCC requires to determine vital areas of innovation and develop informed technology policies supporting the United States’ competitiveness in the global economy.
This Council is helping the FCC to continue to spark the advancement of recommendations and ideas in the National Broadband Plan. This includes how broadband communications can be part of the solution for the cost containment and delivery of health care, for energy and environmental conservation, for innovation in education, and in the development of jobs.