Moreover, Deven Parekh serves on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) Technical Advisory Board. The FCC regulates interstate and international communications by cable, satellite, wire, television, and radio in all fifty states, D.C., and United States territories.

The FCC’s Technical Advisory Council has a diverse spectrum of leading technical experts. They help to provide the technical expertise the FCC needs to determine important areas of innovation and develop informed technology policies supporting the United States’ competitiveness in the world economy.

This Council is helping the FCC to continue to promote the advancement of recommendations and ideas in the National Broadband Plan. This includes how broadband communications can be part of the solution for the delivery and cost containment of healthcare, for energy and environmental conservation, for education innovation, and in the development of jobs.