Wireless cable celebrates in Las Vegas. (Wireless Cable Association International)

Broadcasting & Cable, June, 1994 by Foisie, Geoffrey

Hundt tells industry it's on the cusp of 'seven fat years' For the wireless cable industry, the battle seemed over but the war was just beginning. Fresh from regulatory victories which put the upstart industry on a more level playing field with cable, roughly 2,000 industry participants gathered in Las Vegas to celebrate and plan for competition against cable, and now, DBS.

Among the indications that wireless has arrived as a significant competitive force was Reed Hundt's Wednesday keynote speech, the first ever by a sitting FCC chairman. Hundt contrasted his appearance with an indirect reference to the hostility he has faced from the cable industry: "I've been playing to a lot of away crowds, and not everyone has been entirely welcoming, but here...

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