On February 25, representatives from WTA met with Maria Kirby, Legal Advisor for Media issues for Chairman Wheeler to discuss the need for retransmission consent reform and for the FCC to address the ever increasing prices paid by rural MVPDs … Continue reading “WTA meets with Chairman Wheeler’s Office on Video Issues”
Today, NECA, WTA, NTCA and ERTA filed reply comments on the FCC’s Rural Completion FNPRM. The associations stated that:
Today, NECA, WTA, NTCA and ERTA filed comments in response to the FCC’s Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on rural call completion that was released last year. In the comments, the associations urge the FCC to implement its call completion … Continue reading “WTA, Allies File Comments on Call Completion FNPRM”
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”
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