Federal Filings and Ex Parte

(May 16) In a meeting with the FCC Wireline Competition Bureau, NTCA highlighted the substantial progress that small rural providers are making in deploying broadband above and beyond baseline program deployment obligations, and urged the commission to take these and...

(May 13) In a filing with the FCC, NTCA reiterated its concerns that proposed obligations to collect and report information during an emergency situation, and on an ongoing basis, impose tremendous costs and burdens on small providers. The association also...

(May 6) In joint reply comments filed with the FCC, NTCA and ACA Connects pointed to substantial industry agreement as to the many flaws with respect to the proposal for Emergency Alert System (EAS) alerts in multiple languages. As NTCA...

NTCA and representatives of rural broadband providers met separately with staff from the offices of FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel and Commissioners Brendan Carr and Geoffrey Starks, as well as with staff from the Wireline Competition Bureau, Office of Economics and...

NTCA filed an amicus curae (“friend of the court”) brief supporting other industry petitioners who are appealing the FCC’s recent Digital Discrimination Order. Trade associations representing the broadband, construction, and small business industries appealed the Order, which introduced the potential...

(April 18) NTCA met with staff to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel to raise concerns about potential forbearance by the commission from universal service contribution obligations in the context of its net neutrality rulemaking. NTCA asserted that the commission would be...

(April 17) NTCA met with staff to FCC Commissioners Geoffrey Starks and Anna Gomez to raise concerns about potential forbearance by the commission from universal service contribution obligations in the context of its net neutrality rulemaking. NTCA asserted that the...

(April 17) In a meeting with the FCC's Wireline Competition and Public Safety Bureaus, NTCA suggested changes to proposed rules to promote the Next Generation 911 transition. NTCA noted that this proposal would be consistent with applicable law and would...

(April 15) In comments to the FCC, NTCA noted that the commission's rules do not in all cases require all affiliated entities to elect incentive regulation for the business data services. Hilliary’s acquisition of one affiliated entity after it made...