Federal Filings and Ex Parte

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...

On January 27, 2020 NTCA and USTelecom met with staff from the Wireline Competition Bureau to discuss concerns how the Lifeline Representative Accountability Database is asking for employee's personally identifiable information ("PII") The parties asked whether there were alternatives that...

On January 27, 2020, NTCA filed comments with the FCC on in response to the Further Notice on updating the performance metrics and goals of the Universal Service Fund ("USF") Lifeline Program. NTCA urged the Commission to recognize the key...