WTA Meets With FCC Staff to Discuss ACAM Election Process

On May 6, representatives from WTA staff and member companies met with staff from the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau to discuss how the second step of the ACAM election process and related budget modifications would work, specifically, “with respect to … Continue reading “WTA Meets With FCC Staff to Discuss ACAM Election Process”

WTA Applauds House Letter to Chairman Wheeler on Set-Top Box

Today, Derrick Owens, VP of Government Affairs for WTA, released a statement of support for a bipartisan letter to Chairman Wheeler highlighting the negative impacts the FCC’s set-top box proposal will have on small MVPDs and their customers.  The FCC’s … Continue reading “WTA Applauds House Letter to Chairman Wheeler on Set-Top Box”

WTA and Nex-Tech Talk Retransmission Consent and Broadband Privacy with FCC

On April 21, 2016, WTA staff and Nex-Tech CEO Jimmy Todd met with FCC staff to discuss ongoing proceedings regarding retransmission consent negotiations and broadband privacy from the perspective of small rural MVPDs and broadband providers.  Points of discussion included … Continue reading “WTA and Nex-Tech Talk Retransmission Consent and Broadband Privacy with FCC”

WTA Urges FCC to Consider Set Top Box Proposals Burden on Small MVPDs

Today, WTA filed comments in the FCC’s proceeding to “unlock the box” and require MVPDs to make available content and other information included in providing video services to third-party box manufacturers.  Before proceeding to adopt rules, WTA urged the FCC … Continue reading “WTA Urges FCC to Consider Set Top Box Proposals Burden on Small MVPDs”

Rural Associations Request FCC to Exclude Certain Form 481 Certifications for 2016

Yesterday, WTA and NTCA filed comments under the Paperwork Reduction Act urging the FCC refrain from including certifications regarding the E-rate reasonably comparable benchmark and bid requirement for the July 1, 2016 Form 481 filing. Because the new E-rate benchmarks … Continue reading “Rural Associations Request FCC to Exclude Certain Form 481 Certifications for 2016”

WTA Reviewing and Assessing the FCC’s Lifeline Reform Order

Today, WTA released the following statement to the press in response to the FCC’s Order reforming the USF Lifeline Program:

WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 1, 2016) – WTA–Advocates for Rural Broadband supports the objectives of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to

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WTA Meets With Commission Staff to Discuss Reducing Regulatory Burdens

On March 29, representatives from WTA met with Diane Cornell, Special Counsel to Chairman Tom Wheeler, to discuss reform and reduction of reporting requirements for RLECs.… Continue reading “WTA Meets With Commission Staff to Discuss Reducing Regulatory Burdens”