Federal Filings and Ex Parte

(Aug 9) In the FCC’s NG911 proceeding, NTCA stated that the FCC’s proposed cost allocation method for the exchange of NG911 traffic would impose significant and new transport cost on rural carriers that create universal service implications. NTCA further noted...

(Aug 9) In the FCC’s call blocking proceeding, NTCA stated that the agency should immediately turn its attention back to its “non-IP” call-authentication proceeding, where there is a full record upon which the agency could act to perpetuate IP traffic...

(August 4) NTCA and a number of state associations asked NTIA for exemptions from certain Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for the BEAD program. While these rules are meant to guard against the risk of waste and...

(Jul 31) In comments filed with the FCC, NTCA noted that it supports transparency on consumers’ bills and promotional materials. As a further measure to enable transparency, however, NTCA recommended video service providers be allowed (but not required) to identify...

(July 6) In a meeting with staff to FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington, NTCA encouraged the Commission to strike a balance in directing resources to promote new deployments while also providing additional long-term support for operating expenses and recovery of prior...

(July 6) In a meeting with staff to FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks, NTCA encouraged the Commission to strike a balance in directing resources to promote new deployments while also providing additional long-term support for operating expenses and recovery of prior...

(July 5) In comments supporting a CCA petition for reconsideration, NTCA joined CCA in requesting that the FCC reconsider new requirements that covered 911 service providers and originating service providers notify 911 facilities of outages no later than within 30...

(Jul 5) In response to a notice issued by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), NTCA stated that the agency should consider broadband providers’ compliance with existing environmental and preservation reviews as sufficient for the purposes of the conservation goals...

(Jun 27) In a letter filed with NTIA, NTCA responded to a white paper commissioned by WISPA. The WISPA white paper asked NTIA to depart from its prior decisions to prioritize fiber network deployment and to exclude fixed wireless service...