Among its stated goals are:

• Working to ensure that all Americans have affordable phone and cable service.
• Helping to bring the benefits of advanced telecommunications technologies to millions of Americans in rural and underserved urban areas through its information infrastructure grants.
• Providing the hardware that enables public radio and television broadcasters to extend and maintain the reach of their programming.
• Advocating competition and liberalization of telecommunications policies around the world.
• Participating in international government-to-government negotiations to open markets for U.S. companies.
• Negotiating with foreign governments to ensure adequate spectrum for national defense, public safety, and U.S. business needs.
• Promoting efficient use of federal radio spectrum and encouraging the development and implementation of new and emerging telecommunications technologies.
• Performing long-term research to explore uses of higher frequency spectrum.
• Working with Federal, state, and local public safety agencies to address future spectrum requirements.