RTG met with the FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and the Wireline Competition Bureau on the creation of a Mobility Fund as recommended in the National Broadband Plan (NBP). RTG emphasized the fact that this is [...]
RTG Says plan runs afoul of Title II and Section 254 of the Communications Act and will harm rural businesses and rural America Washington, DC - The Rural Telecommunications Group, Inc. (RTG) filed comments supporting [...]
4G Coalition, of which RTG is a member, filed a letter with the FCC supporting the FCC's Omnibus Broadband Initiative cost model supporting the National Broadband Plan's (NBP) funding recommendations for the Public Safety broadband [...]
Washington, D.C. – The Rural Telecommunications Group, Inc. (RTG), a trade association representing small, rural wireless carriers, welcomes the FCC's highly anticipated 14th Annual Report on Mobile Wireless Competition. RTG is heartened by the fact [...]
RTG along with Fibertower, Sprint and Comptel (Coalition) submitted an ex parte filing with the FCC in the TV White Spaces proceeding seeking to correct and address erroneous claims and mischaracterizations made by the Wireless [...]
RTG joined with MetroPCS, Sprint, T-Mobile, RCA, U.S. Cellular, Cellular South, Xanadoo, Access Spectrum, and Triad 700 in filing a 700 MHz Band Analysis (the Analysis) prepared by the technical consulting firm Wireless Strategy. The [...]
Washington, D.C. – The Rural Telecommunications Group, Inc. (RTG), a trade association representing small, rural wireless carriers, applauds the approach to broadband regulation set forth in Chairman Genachowski’s public statements. The “third way” approach described [...]
In a letter to RUS Administrator Johnathon Adelstein, it is noted that the proposed evaluation criteria under BIP for the proportion of rural residents served in unserved areas is at odds with the language Congress [...]
RTG, CTIA, ITTA, PCIA, RCA and WCAI wrote Secretary Locke of the Commerce Department to express their concern that the substantial public interest benefits promised by the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) could be undermined [...]