Federal Filings and Ex Parte

On January 22, 2020, Mike Romano of NTCA spoke with Preston Wise, rural broadband advisor to Chairman Ajit Pai about the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund. NTCA noted the importance of the FCC seeking comment on how to identity and address...

On January 22, 2020, Mike Romano, of NTCA spoke with Austin Bonner, legal advisor to Commissioner Geoffrey Starts regarding RDOF performance tiers. NTCA mentioned we support the draft order released by the FCC but expressed concern regarding the inclusion of...

On January 22, 2020, Shirley Bloomfield talked with Commissioner Michael O'Rielly, Commissioner Brendan Carr and Matthew Berry, Chief of Staff to Chairman Ajit Pai regarding the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund. NTCA expressed strong support for the draft RDOF order but...

On January 16, 2020, NTCA Member Doug and Ryan Boone, of Premier Communications and Mike Romano, of NTCA met with staff from Chairman Pai, Commissioner O'Rielly, Commissioner Rosenworcel and Commissioner Carr's Offices to discus the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund ("RDOF")...

On January 16, 2020, NTCA and industry partners jointly filed a letter to Chairman Pai and Commissioners O'Reilly, Carr, Rosenworcel and Starks noting the need to significantly reduce the burdens of the letter of credit (LOC) requirements in the RDOF...

On January 14, 2020, NTCA met with staff from the FCC Wireline Competition Bureau ("WCB") to discuss the urgent need for IP interconnection rules for voice traffic. The association stated that simple "rules of the road" will hasten rural carrier...

On January 10, 2020, NTCA joined Industry Partner on a joint letter urging the Department of Commerce provide clearly defined, advance notice of equipment or services posing a Cyber threat. The letter highlighted the need to align any rules governing...

On January 10, 2020, NTCA filed comments with the Department of Commerce in response to the Department's request for comments on proposed rules governing the identification and removal of equipment and services from communications' providers networks if the equipment and/or...

On January 7, 2020, NTCA filed an Ex Parte letter responding to USTelecom's proposal that uses the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund ("RDOF") to deploy and sustain lower speed broadband networks over the next decade in rural America. NTCA noted that...