Western Telecommunications Alliance

On April 29th, WTA, NECA, OPASTCO, NTCA and ERTA filed a response to a request for comments from the Federal-State Joint Board on Separations on a proposal for “interim adjustments to jurisdictional separations allocation factors and category relationships, pending comprehensive reform.”  In addition, the Joint Board also sought comment on issues related to permanent separations reform referred by the Commission in the 2009 Separations Freeze Extension Order.  WTA’s joint response can be found here.

On April 19th, WTA and other organizations representing rural telecommunications companies recommended that the FCC freeze Part 36 category relationships and jurisdictional cost allocation factors.  The organizations recommended extending the freeze at least one year following issuance of Commission orders reforming existing intercarrier compensation (ICC) and high-cost universal service fund (USF) support rules.  The filing can be found here.

On February 22nd, Free Press petitioned the FCC to allow it and the public to view the propriety data submitted in Form 477 by broadband providers.  On April 19th, WTA and the other organizations responded by opposing the petition due to the competitively sensitive nature of the information contained in the data.  The filing can be found here.

Global NAPs (GNAPs) Comments