One of Donald Trump's top advisers on tech policy and regulation has proposed to abolish the Federal Communications Commission, the agency whose main role is to provide consumer protection.

President-elect Trump recently named Mark Jamison as one of the two members of his tech transition team which will most likely sit as commissioners of the FCC. In a blog post dated Oct. 21, Jamison wrote, "Most of the original motivations for having an FCC have gone away. Telecommunications network providers and ISPs are rarely, if ever, monopolies."

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Jamison is known to be a staunch critic of not only the FCC but also of regulations imposed in the telecommunications sector according to The Guardian. The passing of the net neutrality law was seen by many as one of the landmark rulings of the FCC. However, not all share the same enthusiasm towards a free and open Internet.

Critics of the FCC, which is headed by Democrat Tom Wheeler, accused the commission of political favoritism citing that new rules appear to lean towards new Internet companies and put major incumbent industries such as telecommunications and cable at a big disadvantage, according to The Washington Post.

Joining Jamison in Trump's tech policy transition team is Jeffrey Eisenach. Both Jamison and Eisenach are deeply connected to the American Enterprise Institute which is considered as an elite conservative-leaning think tank. Eisenach, who previously worked with Verizon, is viewed by many tech and political analysts as a steadfast advocate of deregulation, especially in the media and telecommunications industries. Eisenach is also a supporter of large mergers of major companies in these two industries.

With regards to dissolving the FCC, Jamison argued that the agency could be replaced by a smaller agency whose task is to hand out licenses for wireless airwaves. This small agency will have control over the spectrum over which signals from cellphones, TVs, and mobile data will transit through.