On January 7, representatives from WTA met with Daniel Alvarez, Legal Advisor for Wireline issues for Chairman Wheeler to discuss the elimination of the QRA and alternative USF distribution methods. The notice of ex parte can be found here.… Continue reading “WTA Meets With Chairman Wheeler’s Office”
Today, WTA and NTCA filed joint comments on the Connect America Fund Cost Model (CACM). Though the model is not intended to be used in RLEC study areas, the associations note that they have “a sincere and substantial interest in … Continue reading “WTA and NTCA File Comments on Connect America Fund Cost Model”
In their filing, submitted yesterday, WTA, NTCA, NECA and ERTA urge the FCC to dismiss NCTA’s Application for Review of CAF Phase II standards that would ensure that unsubsidized competitors are providing reasonable comparable, universal service before denying CAF … Continue reading “WTA, Allies, File Comments in Response to NCTA Application for Review of CAF Phase II Service Obligations”
On December 18, Derrick Owens and Gerry Duffy, along with WTA President Mark Gailey and PPC Co-chair Bob DeBroux had three different meetings at the FCC. They met with newly sworn-in Commissioner Michael O’Rielly about the IP-transition, the QRA and … Continue reading “WTA Meets with Commissioner O’Rielly, Office of Native Affairs and Policy, and Diane Cornell”
WTA, along with NTCA, ERTA, USTelecom and ITTA filed a Petition for Stay of the FCC Public Notice asking ILECs to review and submit corrects to an online study area map that has overlaps and voids. The associations note that … Continue reading “Telecom Associations File Petition for Stay or Extension of Deadline for Study Area Boundary Review”
On December 16, WTA, NTCA, NECA and USTelecom sent correspondence to the FCC providing additional details about the associations’ data-only broadband and Capital Budget Mechanism proposals in response to questions raised by Wireline Competition Bureau staff at a meeting in … Continue reading “WTA, Allies Provide Additional Details to FCC on Data-Only BBD Plan and CBM”
Today, WTA submitted comments on the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework. NIST’s framework seeks to create a structure and guide by which critical infrastructure operators can assess the current state of their cybersecurity, identify … Continue reading “WTA Submits Comments on Cybersecurity”
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