My colleague Joe Mullin has done a thorough read of the key issues in today’s FCC vote on net neutrality. The bulk of decision-making seemed to be around wireline services, but mobile got an airing too. Here are some of the key wireless points made today:

Julius Genachowski lives in the now and looks to the if/when. During a pointed Q&A with CEA head Gary Shapiro at CES, the still-new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission refused to give any ground to the idea that regulation is less needed or even irrelevant in a broadband world.…

President Barack Obama can’t get health care reform passed before the August recess but it looks like he will have one accomplishment: a full Federal Communications Commission. The U.S. Senate today confirmed by unanimous consent the nominations of Mignon Clyburn (pictured), a Democrat, and *Meredith* Attwell Baker, a Republican; the…

Julius Genachowski told the WSJ he learned the “power of pragmatism” from his time in the public and private sectors—along with “a respect for the power of private industry to create jobs, to generate economic growth.” That pragmatism shows up most clearly in what he didn’t say in his first…

Julius Genachowski started work as the head of the Federal Communications Commission this week and quickly named his key staff. Appointments include litigator and former prosecutor Ed Lazarus as chief of staff, and, from the digital side, Sherrese Smith, most recently VP and general counsel of Washington Post (NYSE: WPO)…

After months of speculation, President Obama announced today that he has nominated Julius Genachowski to lead the Federal Communications Commission. The formal announcement comes nearly two months after Obama transition team sources said the former IAC (NSDQ: IACI) exec—a Harvard Law classmate of the president and a transition advisor—would be…

It’s now common knowledge that Obama pick for FCC head Julius Genachowski went to Harvard Law School with him, was an adviser to two FCC chairmen during the Clinton era (Reed Hundt and Bill Kennard), drafted the Obama Tech and Innovation plan, helped raise $500,000 for the President Elect, and…

A day after the election, names are already being floated as to who will likely be on the president-elect’s transition team, including advisors on issues involving technology and communications. Barack Obama is expected to appoint Washington, D.C. lawyer Henry Rivera to head the team focused on the FCC, reports Multichannel…