Federal Filings and Ex Parte

On April 10, 2020, NTCA submitted comments to the FCC encouraging the commission to hold firm to "bright line" technologically neutral rules to define the eligibility for operators to bid in certain performance tiers and not consent to requests from...

On April 7, 2020, NTCA filed comments with the FCC in support of a Petition for Preemption of several Missouri cities’ imposition of duplicate right-of-way (“ROW”) fees upon a telecom provider and the owner of the network used by the...

On April 1, 2020, NTCA filed a letter supporting an extension of time of the April 22, 2020 deadline for Eligible Telecommunications Carriers (“ETCs”) to file information with the FCC identifying the Huawei and/or ZTE equipment and services contained in...

On March 27, 2020, NTCA submitted comments to the FCC concerning procedures for the upcoming RDOF auction. NTCA suggested the commission use census block groups as the minimum geographic area, employ reasonable measures to establish basic qualifications of bidders and...

On March 25, 2020, NTCA and the Competitive Carriers Association (CCA) filed joint comments with the U.S. Department of Commerce asking for a reasonable extension of the Temporary General License for exports, reexports and transfers (in-country) to Huawei while the...

On March 20, 2020, NTCA's Mike Romano spoke with Nirali Patel, wireline legal advisor to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, and suggested the commission seek comment on a detariffing propsosal instead of simply proposing mandatory detarrifing of end-user telephone access charges...

On March 21, 2020, NTCA's Mike Romano and Brian Ford spoke with Nirali Patel, Wireline Advisor to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and Daniel Kahn, Associate Chief of the agency’s Wireline Competition Bureau. They discussed draft and order language related to...

On March 13, 2020, NTCA's Mike Romano spoke with Ryan Palmer and Jodie Griffin of the Wireline Competition Bureau, and asked that the deadline for submission of personally identifiable information into the Lifeline Representative Accountability Database be delayed to allow...

On March 15, 2020, NTCA proposes measures by which small, rural operators can combat caller ID spoofing and reduce unwanted calls while allowing these providers to maintain quality and affordable voice service. Call Authentication Trust Anchor, WC Docket No. 17-97...