In his early evening keynote appearance at Mobile World Congress on Tuesday, Federal Communications Commission chairman Tom Wheeler essentially continued his victory lap five days after his agency voted 3-2 to enforce net neutrality.  "You call it a close vote—I call it we had 50 percent more votes than they did," Wheeler remarked. "This is no more a plan to regulate the Internet than the First Amendment is a plan to regulate free speech." On Feb. 26, the FCC approved rules that prevent Internet and cellular providers from blocking, throttling or giving people special access to Web services in exchange for cash. Popular streaming services like Netflix could have been significantly affected if the conclusion went the other way, likely passing bandwidth/access costs onto consumers. The agency's decision entails one notably controversial element: It redesignates fixed and mobile broadband as a telecommunications operator and requires industry providers to be regulated as common carriers under Title II of the Communications Act, which was legislated in 1934.  "The basic question comes down to this," Wheeler told hundreds of Mobile World Congress attendees in Spain. "If the Internet is the most powerful and pervasive platform in the history of the planet, can it exist without a referee?" Wheeler and his like-minded FCC members clearly believe the answer is "no." While the agency won't impose all the rules it could apply under Title II, the move generally calls for government oversight of the Internet, much like oversight of landline and wireless phone companies.  The idea of dusting off Title II came to Wheeler last summer, he revealed, adding that T-Mobile and Sprint have already said they won't cut back on investing in innovation and infrastructure because of the measure. Moreover, municipal broadband providers like Chattanooga's EPB have already announced plans to expand further investment in the wake of the FCC's other ruling, simultaneous with the net neutrality rules, allowing them to expand. In the end, Wheeler said, the vote shows that most of the FCC's governing members believe Title 11 addresses business realities while keeping the Web cost-accessible for consumers.  "We spent a lot of effort in balancing that out," Wheeler said. "And I am proud of what we came up with." Meanwhile, here's what the Mobile World Congress looks like in the main hall before keynotes begin.     The main stage at #MWC A video posted by @adweekreports on Mar 3, 2015 at 9:19am PST