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WTA Meets With FCC to Discuss Omnibus USF Order and FNPRM

This week, representatives from WTA and its member companies met with staff from all five FCC Commission offices as well as staff from the Wireline Competition Bureau to discuss issues stemming from the April USF Omnibus Order and FNPRM including … Continue reading “WTA Meets With FCC to Discuss Omnibus USF Order and FNPRM”

Rural Associations Meet With FCC Staff on April FNPRM

On July 8, representatives from NECA, WTA, NTCA and USTelecom, along with representatives from several telcos and their consultants met with staff from the Wireline Competition Bureau to discuss “adoption as soon as possible of a thoughtful and carefully constructed … Continue reading “Rural Associations Meet With FCC Staff on April FNPRM”

Rural Association, Carriers Petition FCC for Waiver of ICC Reductions

Today, WTA, NECA, NTCA, ITTA, ERTA, Windstream Communications and Frontier Communications petitioned the FCC to waive further reductions in intercarrier compensation “for originating intrastate toll VoIP traffic until full implementation of the CAF Phase II mechanism, in the case of … Continue reading “Rural Association, Carriers Petition FCC for Waiver of ICC Reductions”

WTA Applauds Elimination of QRA and Reinstatement of Safety Net Additive Support

WASHINGTON, D.C. – WTA applauds the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) unanimous decision today to eliminate the quantile regression analysis (QRA), which had been used to unpredictably cap and cut Universal Service Fund support to rural local exchange carriers (RLECs).

“We’re … Continue reading “WTA Applauds Elimination of QRA and Reinstatement of Safety Net Additive Support”

Rural Associations File Comments on Local Rate Floor

Today, NECA, WTA, NTCA and ERTA responded to the FCC’s Public Notice seeking comments on the Petition for Extension of Time of the implementation of the 2014 local service rate floor from July 1, 2014 to January 2, 2015. The Continue reading “Rural Associations File Comments on Local Rate Floor”

Telco Associations File for Exention of Deadline for Compliance of Local Service Rate Floor

On March 11, NECA, USTelecom, WTA, ERTA, NTCA, and ITTA filed for an extension of the deadline for compliance with the new 2014 local service rate floor from July 1, 2014, to January 2, 2015.… Continue reading “Telco Associations File for Exention of Deadline for Compliance of Local Service Rate Floor”

FCC Grants Request for Extension on Study Area Boundaries Filing

Yesterday, the FCC issued an Order giving ILECs an additional 60 days in which to revise their study area data. Filers now have until March 17 to get their revised data to the Commission instead of having to complete it … Continue reading “FCC Grants Request for Extension on Study Area Boundaries Filing”