Federal Filings and Ex Parte

(Feb 5) In a joint letter with the National Rural Health Association, NTCA urged the FCC to consider unique rural healthcare needs as the COVID telehealth funding is distributed. Covid-19 Telehealth Program, Docket No. 20-89

(Feb 1) Citing questions concerning fixed wireless provision of gigabit broadband, NTCA filed with the FCC an engineering study that sets forth parameters within which the FCC can evaluate applications to provide high-capacity broadband service, including specifications surrounding interference and...

(Jan. 25) In comments regarding the criteria broadband providers and consumers should meet to participate in the Emergency Broadband Benefit program (“EBB”), NTCA asserted the FCC can and should adopt provider participation rules that are administratively simple and that safeguard...

(Jan. 11) In reply comments, NTCA stated that providing location information with a 988 call will require resolution of many technical, funding, and policy challenges and thus the North American Numbering Council should form a working group to explore them...

On December 20, 2018, NTCA staff Josh Seidemann, Tamber Ray and Mike Romano met with Suzanne Yelen, Alec MacDonnell, Stephen Wang and Cathy Zima from the Wireline Competition Bureau to discuss performance testing obligations for small, rural providers.

On December 18, 2018, Brian Ford, NTCA Senior Regulatory Counsel, met with Nancy Stevenson and Richard Smith from the FCC Consumer and Government Affairs Bureau to discuss the calling party number identification provision adopted in the Report and Order in...

On December 17, 2018, NTCA filed an Ex Parte letter to FCC responding to comments filed by the Wireless Internet Service Providers Associations (WISPA) on December 5, 2018. NTCA's comments highlighted agreements with WISPA on ETC designations and further clarified...

On December 14, 2018, NTCA filed reply comments on the Commission's Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992. NTCA supported comments filed by the American Cable Association (ACA) and the National...

On December 11, 2018, NTCA filed reply comments on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comments on changes to the 3.7-4.2 GHz band to expand its use and reallocate part of the band. In the filing, NTCA supported consideration of...