On November 13, representatives from WTA, NTCA, US Telecom and ITTA met with FCC Commissioner O’Rielly and staff from Commissioner offices and the Wireline Bureau to discuss reforms to the USF High Cost Fund.… Continue reading “RLEC Associations Meet with Commissioner O’Rielly, FCC Staff”
On November 5, WTA staff and representatives from telco leadership had a conversation with staff from the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau. Topics of discussion included “the structure of bifurcated support mechanisms for ‘old’ and ‘new’ investment and operating expenses; transition … Continue reading “WTA Discusses USF Reforms with FCC Staff”
This past week, representatives from WTA’s Board of Directors met with advisors from the offices of FCC Chairman Wheeler and the other four commissioners. They discussed some of the criteria by which they will have to judge both the USF … Continue reading “WTA Meets With FCC Staff to Discuss ACAM, Rate-of-Return Reforms”
On October 26, WTA, NTCA and USTelecom sent a letter to the FCC proposing that it “tether more closely the applicable USF broadband speed objectives to the Commission’s Section 706 broadband speed objectives.” Specifically, the associations propose that the FCC, … Continue reading “RLEC Associations Ask FCC to Tie USF Speed Requirements to Section 706 Speed Objectives”
On October 2, ITTA, WTA, NTCA and US Telecom submitted two letters to the FCC. The first detailed the consensus between the four organizations regarding how to distribute CAF reserves among carriers who opt for model-based support and basic build-out … Continue reading “RLEC Associations File Documents Related to A-CAM”
On September 30, representatives from US Telecom, WTA, NTCA, ITTA and two consulting firms met with advisors to FCC Commissioner O’Reilly and Chairman Wheeler, as well as staff from the Wireline Competitor Bureau to discuss reforms to the rate-of-return portion … Continue reading “RLEC Associations Meet With FCC Staff on Reforming the High Cost Fund”
Today, WTA filed replies to comments in the Lifeline Reform proceeding before the FCC. WTA again urged the FCC to avoid adopting reforms that would increase inefficiencies and reduce burdens and costs to providers and consumers, including by leveraging existing … Continue reading “WTA Replies to Comments on Lifeline Reform at the FCC”
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