On March 13, 2020, NTCA filed reply comments with the Federal Communications Commission recommending that if the FCC believes consumers need charges for voice services to be more transparent, it should extend existing truth-in-billing rules applicable to fixed telephone service...
On March 12, 2020, NTCA submitted comments asking the FCC to revise its policy requiring multiple pieces of personally identifiable information be submitted before telecommunications employees can use systems necessary to administer Lifeline-related matters. Bridging the Digital Divide for Low-Income...
On March 10, 2020, NTCA submitted comments to the White House Council of Environmental Quality (CEQ) as it seeks input for an update to procedural provisions governing federal agencies' implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). NTCA suggested that...
On March 5, 2020, NTCA's Mike Romano spoke with Nicholas Degani, senior counsel to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai. NTCA highlighted the importance of explicit alternative cost recovery mechanisms for RLECs who depend on such revenue to deliver universal service to...
On March 5, 2020, NTCA's Mike Romano and NRECA's Brian O'Hara met with officials from the Wireline Competition Bureau. They urged the Commission to consider in more detail the ways in which the RDOF program and other federal and state...
On March 5, 2020, NTCA filed comments with the FCC on March 5, 2020, in response to a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking by the FCC that would implement the Television Viewer Protection Act of 2019 by allowing small MVPD providers...
On March 3, 2020, Kansas based Nex-Tech, along with NTCA staff, met with the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and the Office of Chairman Ajit Pai to discuss the Nex-Tech Petition for Waiver seeking an extension deadline by which existing 3650-3700...
On March 3, 2020, NTCA filed reply comments with the FCC , reinforcing the need for funding to be available prior to any “rip and replace” requirement. The comments also recommended funding come from Congress, but suggested the FCC could...
On February 24, 2020, NTCA submitted a letter responding to questions senior FCC staff raised during a February 12, 2020 meeting in which NTCA raised issues that would be faced by smaller incumbent rural local exchange carriers (RLECs) if access...
