WTA Files Comments in 8YY Proceeding

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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WTA Files Comments in Support of Separations Freeze

On August 27, WTA, filed comments supporting the FCC’s proposed 15-year extension of the existing freeze of Part 36 jurisdictional allocation factors for rate-of-return carriers. WTA also asks the Commission to allow rate-of-return carriers to improve the accuracy of their

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WTA Files Reply Comments on Access Stimulation

On August 3, WTA filed reply comments in response to the FCC’s June 5 NPRM on access stimulation.  In its comments WTA reiterates its support for “effective and narrowly targeted actions to counteract and stop inappropriate schemes to increase access

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WTA Meets With FCC to Discuss USF Budget Proceeding

On July 10, representatives from WTA and several of its member companies met with staff Commissioner O’Reilly, staff from Chairman Pai’s office and Commissioners Rosenworcel’s and Carr’s office and the Wireline Competition Bureau to discuss the open proceeding evaluating the … Continue reading “WTA Meets With FCC to Discuss USF Budget Proceeding”

WTA Discusses Nationwide Number Portability with FCC

On July 3, representatives from WTA met with staff for FCC Chairman Pai and Commissioners Carr and O’Reilly to discuss nationwide number portability (NNP) and WTA’s response to the FCC’s NPRM released last year.  In the meetings, WTA reiterated that … Continue reading “WTA Discusses Nationwide Number Portability with FCC”

WTA Files Reply Comments in USF Budget Proceeding

On June 26, WTA filed reply comments in response to the FCC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking released on March 23. WTA reiterated its support for increasing the size of the USF high cost program budget needs to be “substantially increased … Continue reading “WTA Files Reply Comments in USF Budget Proceeding”

WTA Files Comments on Business Data Services

Today, WTA filed comments with the FCC in support of the Business Data Service (BDS) regulatory proposals advanced by ITTA and USTelecom in their May 25, 2017 “Petition for Rulemaking.” Specifically, WTA urges that Rate-of-Return carriers receiving model-based … Continue reading “WTA Files Comments on Business Data Services”