WTA Congratulates Chris Nelson on Appointment to Chair NARUC’s Telecommunications Committee

WTA congratulates South Dakota Public Utilities Commission’s Vice Chairman Chris Nelson on his appointment to serve as Chair of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioner’s (NARUC) Telecommunications Committee.

“Through NARUC, state public utility commissions provide a vital voice in … Continue reading “WTA Congratulates Chris Nelson on Appointment to Chair NARUC’s Telecommunications Committee”

WTA Meets with Commissioner O’Rielly, Office of Native Affairs and Policy, and Diane Cornell

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”

Telecom Associations File Petition for Stay or Extension of Deadline for Study Area Boundary Review

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”

WTA, Allies Provide Additional Details to FCC on Data-Only BBD Plan and CBM

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”

WTA Submits Comments on Cybersecurity

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”

WTA Supports Congresswoman Eshoo’s Legislation to Reform Retransmission Consent Rules

WTA supports the introduction of the Video CHOICE Act by Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, Ranking Member of the Communications and Technology Subcommittee, that would update the nation’s retransmission consent rules.

“WTA welcomes Congresswoman Eshoo’s contributions to the much-needed debate about how … Continue reading “WTA Supports Congresswoman Eshoo’s Legislation to Reform Retransmission Consent Rules”

WTA Welcomes Chairman Wheeler’s Reconsideration of Quantile Regression Analysis

During today’s FCC oversight hearing in the House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler announced that he will be instructing the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau to discontinue using the quantile regression analysis as a tool used in … Continue reading “WTA Welcomes Chairman Wheeler’s Reconsideration of Quantile Regression Analysis”