On October 2, representatives from WTA met with staff from FCC Chairman Pai’s office to discuss the details of the industry letter sent to the FCC on the USF budget review, the 8YY proceeding, and WTA’s Application for Review of … Continue reading “WTA Meets with Chairman Pai’s Staff to Discuss USF Budget, 8YY Calls, and Network Performance Testing”
On Oct. 1, WTA, along with USTelecom, NTCA and ITTA, sent a letter to the FCC with a consensus proposal on the USF High Cost Fund budget and providing certainty to cost-base rate-of-return carriers.
The four Associations urge the FCC … Continue reading “ILEC Associations Send USF Budget Consensus Proposal to FCC”
On Sept. 19, WTA filed an Application for Review with the FCC of the Commission’s Performance Testing Standards. In the Application, WTA requested that the Commissioners review the Bureau-level decisions regarding the amount of performance testing required, the scope of … Continue reading “WTA Files Application for Review of FCC’s Performance Testing Standards”
On September 10, WTA filed comments in response to the Rural Utilities Service’s Notice of Inquiry regarding its proposed e-Connectivity Pilot Program.
In its comments, WTA recommended that as RUS considers how to structure the Pilot Program, it should be … Continue reading “WTA Files Comments on RUS’ e-Connectivity Pilot Program”
On September 10, WTA filed comments with the FCC in response to its Notice of Inquiry on U.S. broadband deployment.
WTA stated that “fixed and mobile services of similar functionality continue to be complements – rather than substitutes — for
On Sept. 5, representatives from WTA and its member companies met with staff from FCC Chairman Pai’s office to discuss the mandated speed and latency performance testing for USF recipients. WTA stated that it understands the need for accountability, but … Continue reading “WTA Meets with Chairman Pai’s Office to Discuss Performance Testing”
On Sept. 4, WTA filed comments in response to the FCC’s Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking designed to address arbitrage and fraud in the intercarrier compensation regime. However, WTA believes that the “1,000 or so wholly innocent RLECs should not
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