Yesterday, representatives from NECA, WTA, and NTCA met with staff at the FCC to discuss a petition filed by NECA, WTA, NTCA, ITTA, ERTA, Windstream and Frontier to gain relief from reductions in intercarrier compensation associated with the exchange of … Continue reading “Rural Associations Meet with FCC to Discuss Petition on Originating VOIP”
This past week, representatives from WTA met with staff for FCC Commissioners Rosenworcel, Pai and O’Rielly to discuss the rural associations’ data-only broadband plan, Capital Budget Mechanism and e-rate reform. The notices of ex parte can be found below.
Meeting … Continue reading “WTA Discusses Data-Only Broadband with FCC”
Today, NECA, WTA, NTCA, ERTA and 11 state telecom associations filed reply comments in response to the FCC’s April Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on USF reform. The reply comments show that a review of the comments filed in the … Continue reading “Rural Associations File Reply Comments to FCC’s April FNPRM”
Today, NECA, WTA, NTCA and ERTA filed comments with the FCC in response to a Public Notice seeking comments on a specific methodology for calculating a reasonable comparability benchmark for fixed broadband services.… Continue reading “Rural Associations File Comments on Broadband Benchmark Methodoloy”
On August 14th, NECA, WTA, NTCA, ERTA, ITTA, Frontier and Windstream filed reply comments in response to comments filed on their emergency petition for waiver to “pause, effective June 30, 2014, any reductions in intercarrier compensation rates for originating intrastate … Continue reading “Rural Associations, Frontier, Windstream File Reply Comments on Their Petition to Pause ICC Reductions”
Today, NECA, WTA, NTCA, ERTA and 12 state telecom associations filed comments in response to the FCC’s FNPRM on further USF reform that was approved in April.… Continue reading “Rural Associations File Comments in Response to CAF FNPRM”
Today, NECA, WTA, NTCA and ERTA filed a Petition for Clarification and/or Reconsideration of the FCC’s recently approved rule to eliminate USF support in areas where a competitor serves 100 percent of the residents and businesses within an RLEC’s service … Continue reading “Rural Associations File Petition For Clarification and/or Reconsideration on Unsubsidized Competitors”
WTA Headquarters
PO Box 7207, Helena, MT 59604
Call 406-443-6377
D.C. Office
400 Seventh Street, NW, Suite 406
Washington, DC 20004
Call 202-548-0202
