STATEMENT OF
CHAIRMAN JULIUS GENACHOWSKI
Re:  Reexamination of Roaming Obligations of Commercial Mobile Radio Service Providers, WT 
Docket No. 05-265, Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 
10-59.
Today we take action to increase American consumers’ access to mobile voice service, 
wherever and whenever they choose.  We do so by creating a framework for seamless 
nationwide voice roaming.  The framework will encourage carriers of all sizes to reach 
reasonable commercial agreements with each other, while also encouraging these carriers to 
continue investing in the coverage and capacity of existing voice networks to the ultimate benefit 
of consumers who increasingly rely on mobile communications.  And we will adjudicate any
disputes that may arise between carriers with a tailored, fact-based process that will support 
continued investment, innovation, and competition in mobile. 
Consistent with the recommendation of the National Broadband Plan, our decision today 
also opens a broad inquiry into the critical issue of data roaming.  There are few areas in 
communications that present greater promise for our country than mobile – in terms of driving 
our economy and delivering broad opportunity for all Americans – and our goal must be for 
America to lead the world in mobile.  To promote this goal, we must ensure that American 
consumers have seamless access to multiple competitive broadband data communications 
services, wherever they are, while also ensuring that the United States has the most extensive and 
fastest mobile networks in the world.
I thank the Bureau and my colleagues for their hard work on this complex and important item.