NATE Statement on FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s Build America Agenda
For Immediate Release:
July 2, 2025
Sioux Falls, SD) – The following statement can be attributed to Todd Schlekeway, President & CEO of NATE: The Communications Infrastructure Contractors Association:
It was an honor to represent NATE: The Communications Infrastructure Contractors Association at today’s Build America Event featuring FCC Chairman Brendan Carr.
NATE commends Chairman Carr for unveiling a forward-looking agenda that addresses many of the key priorities of our association’s contractor firms and technician workforce.
The Build America agenda’s focus on workforce development, telecommunications infrastructure investment and innovation, streamlining NEPA processes and cutting burdensome regulatory red tape, expanding access to spectrum, advancing 5G deployment, and protecting our communications networks from foreign threats aligns with the mission of NATE and directly supports the small businesses and technicians leading America’s connectivity buildout.
NATE, along with our member companies and their skilled technician workforce, stands ready to help deliver on the bold vision outlined by Chairman Carr. Together, we will help connect every American and strengthen our nation’s communications infrastructure for generations to come.
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NATE: The Communications Infrastructure Contractors Association
NATE is a non-profit trade association dedicated to providing a unified voice for companies in the diverse tower and communications infrastructure construction, service and maintenance industries. Today the Association boasts approximately 1,005 member companies (mostly small businesses) that construct, service or maintain hundreds of thousands of communications towers and next generation networks throughout the United States and 12 other countries.
