On March 20, 2020, NTCA's Mike Romano spoke with Nirali Patel, wireline legal advisor to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, and suggested the commission seek comment on a detariffing propsosal instead of simply proposing mandatory detarrifing of end-user telephone access charges...
On March 21, 2020, NTCA's Mike Romano and Brian Ford spoke with Nirali Patel, Wireline Advisor to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and Daniel Kahn, Associate Chief of the agency’s Wireline Competition Bureau. They discussed draft and order language related to...
On March 13, 2020, NTCA's Mike Romano spoke with Ryan Palmer and Jodie Griffin of the Wireline Competition Bureau, and asked that the deadline for submission of personally identifiable information into the Lifeline Representative Accountability Database be delayed to allow...
On March 15, 2020, NTCA proposes measures by which small, rural operators can combat caller ID spoofing and reduce unwanted calls while allowing these providers to maintain quality and affordable voice service. Call Authentication Trust Anchor, WC Docket No. 17-97...
On March 13, 2020, NTCA filed reply comments with the Federal Communications Commission recommending that if the FCC believes consumers need charges for voice services to be more transparent, it should extend existing truth-in-billing rules applicable to fixed telephone service...
On March 12, 2020, NTCA submitted comments asking the FCC to revise its policy requiring multiple pieces of personally identifiable information be submitted before telecommunications employees can use systems necessary to administer Lifeline-related matters. Bridging the Digital Divide for Low-Income...
On March 5, 2020, NTCA's Mike Romano spoke with Nicholas Degani, senior counsel to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai. NTCA highlighted the importance of explicit alternative cost recovery mechanisms for RLECs who depend on such revenue to deliver universal service to...
On March 10, 2020, NTCA submitted comments to the White House Council of Environmental Quality (CEQ) as it seeks input for an update to procedural provisions governing federal agencies' implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). NTCA suggested that...
On March 5, 2020, NTCA's Mike Romano and NRECA's Brian O'Hara met with officials from the Wireline Competition Bureau. They urged the Commission to consider in more detail the ways in which the RDOF program and other federal and state...
On March 3, 2020, Kansas based Nex-Tech, along with NTCA staff, met with the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and the Office of Chairman Ajit Pai to discuss the Nex-Tech Petition for Waiver seeking an extension deadline by which existing 3650-3700...
On March 5, 2020, NTCA filed comments with the FCC on March 5, 2020, in response to a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking by the FCC that would implement the Television Viewer Protection Act of 2019 by allowing small MVPD providers...
On March 3, 2020, NTCA filed reply comments with the FCC , reinforcing the need for funding to be available prior to any “rip and replace” requirement. The comments also recommended funding come from Congress, but suggested the FCC could...
On February 24, 2020, NTCA submitted a letter responding to questions senior FCC staff raised during a February 12, 2020 meeting in which NTCA raised issues that would be faced by smaller incumbent rural local exchange carriers (RLECs) if access...
On February 24, 2020, NTCA submitted comments to the FCC in response to oppositions to the INCOMPAS Petition for Reconsideration. NTCA believes that grant of the Petition is necessary to ensure that the DIgital Opportunity Data Collection draws the proper...
On Tuesday, February 11, 2020, and Wednesday, February 12, 2020. NTCA member Jeff Olson of Red River Communications, Tom Campbell of Olson Thielen, and NTCA's Mike Romano met with the FCC to discuss Red River's pending waiver petition with respect...
On Wednesday, February 12, 2020, Mike Romano met with Nirali Patel, wireline legal advisor to Chairman Ajit Pai, and Lisa Hone, deputy chief of the Wireline Competition Bureau, to discuss concerns regarding the impacts of any reductions in access revenues...
On February 12, 2020, NTCA filed comments recommending the FCC apply the current truth-in-billing rules applicable to fixed voice providers to interconnected VoIP providers, stating that consumers need to be able to compare equally all options for voice telephone service...
On February 12, 2020, NTCA filed an Ex Parte letter responding to a recent USTelecom, NCTA, and CTIA presentation in which the parties discussed the need for a broad safe harbor that protects voice service providers from undue liability for...
On February 3, 2020, NTCA filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission encouraging the commission to adopt rules that would require eligible telecommunications carriers (ETCs) to remove and replace equipment and services the commission has deemed a cybersecurity threat only...
On January 29, 2020, NTCA filed comments on the availability and effectiveness of call blocking tools used to stop Unlawful Robocals and noted the FCC must account for the potential unintended negative implications of these tools on consumers if not...
