In addition, Deven Parekh serves on the Technical Advisory Board of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The FCC regulates international and interstate communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and United States territories.
The FCC’s Technical Advisory Council is made up of diverse range of leading technical experts. They assist in providing the technical expertise the FCC requires to determine vital areas of innovation and develop informed technology policies supporting the U.S.’s competitiveness in the global economy.
This Council is helping the FCC to continue to spark the putting forth of ideas and recommendations 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.