On May 6, 2019, NTCA filed a Reply to Opposition and Comments in regards to two Petitions for Reconsideration filed by Silver Star Telephone Company and Pineland Telephone Cooperative. NTCA mentioned that a grant of the petitions would enable these...
On May 2, 2019, NTCA CEO, Shirley Bloomfield and NTCA Senior Vice President of Industry, Michael Romano, met with Commissioner Michael O'Reilly and his legal advisor, Arielle Roth to discuss Universal Service Fund support and the importance of more granular...
On May 2, 2019, NTCA filed a letter urging the FCC to deny Viasat, Inc's Petition for Reconsideration of the rules that require satellite providers to measure latency using a mean opinion score of 4 (MOS4). NTCA's letter stated that...
On April 30, 2019, NTCA filed an Ex Parte Letter to leadership at the Federal Communications Commission highlighting the importance of improving the accuracy of mapping data. NTCA provided recommendations on mapping data collection and urged the Commission to modernize...
On April 29, 2019, NTCA and the Rural Wireless Association filed joint comments on Improving the Wireless Resiliency Cooperative Framework. The filing noted that bilateral roaming agreements that protect consumers in emergencies are often lacking and mutual coordination and cooperation...
On April 18, 2019, NTCA, along with a group of various companies, trade associations, labor organizations and public interest groups, submitted an Open Letter to the Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission, uniting in opposing to the Sprint-T-Mobile...
On April 16, 2019, NTCA filed comments in support of the Application for Review filed by GCI Communications on April 1, 2019 that asked the FCC to reconsider and overturn an Order dismissing an Alaska Telephone Association Petition for Waiver...
On April 8, 2019, NTCA filed reply comments on on Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on USF-Connect America Fund. NTCA highlighted support for a comprehensive competitive overlap evaluation that utilizes a robust challenge process as well as other protections for...
On April 1, 2019, NTCA CEO, Shirley Bloomfield and Vice President of Industry, Mike Romano, met with new FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks and his legal advisor, Randy Clarke to discuss rural telecom issues. NTCA highlighted the association's members long-running efforts...