On August 2, WTA filed comments in support of NTCA’s Petition for Reconsideration in the ongoing Rural Call Completion proceeding. In its Petition, NTCA requests that the Commission reconsider its decision to not require covered providers to file their documented … Continue reading “WTA Supports NTCA’s Petition for Reconsideration in Call Completion Proceeding”
On July 10, WTA filed comments in support of the American Cable Association’s Petition for Waiver in the video accessibility proceeding. ACA requested waivers for two classes of QAM video providers as the December 20, 2018 compliance deadline approaches. WTA … Continue reading “WTA Supports ACA’s Petition for Waiver in Video Accessibility Proceeding”
On June 19th, WTA filed reply comments in the Rural Call Completion proceeding. WTA raised its concerns with the Commission’s decision to sunset the data reporting rule and its current proposal to sunset the data recording and retention rules that … Continue reading “WTA Supports Keeping Data for Rural Call Completion”
On February 21st, WTA filed comments in the Commission’s Lifeline proceeding titled “Bridging the Digital Divide for Low-Income Consumers.” Specifically, WTA supports the Commission’s proposal to end or reduce the phase down of voice services as required by the previous … Continue reading “WTA Files Comments in Lifeline Proceeding”
On December 12th, WTA filed comments in support of the Alaska Telephone Association’s Petition requesting waivers of the Lifeline program’s minimum service standard rules. In its filing, WTA noted the unique issues that Alaskan carriers face, which the Commission … Continue reading “WTA Files Comments in Support of ATA’s Lifeline Petition”
Today, WTA filed comments in support of permanently extending the exemption from the FCC’s enhanced transparency requirements adopted in the 2015 Open Internet Order for small broadband service providers serving fewer than 100,000 connections. WTA urged that small providers already … Continue reading “WTA Supports Extending Small Provider Exemption to Open Internet Enhanced Transparency Requirements”
Yesterday, WTA filed comments in support of American Cable Association’s Petition for Rulemaking seeking a three-year extension of an exemption from the requirement to carry HD broadcast signals in HD for small cable systems currently set to expire in June … Continue reading “WTA Files Comments in Support of Extending the HD Broadcast Signal Carriage Exemption for Small Cable Systems”
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