Carolina West Wireless announced it has entered into an agreement as part of Clear Stream Communications to partner with Verizon. Verizon plans to partner with Clear Stream to cooperatively build and operate its LTE network [...]
S and R Communications, LLC announced that the company has entered into an agreement with Verizon Wireless to participate in the LTE in Rural America program. Under the program, S and R will work with [...]
The Rural Telecommunications Group (RTG) held its Annual Meeting in Las Vegas on November 18, 2010. Board members re-elected to the Board of Directors for three-year terms include: John Nettles, President of Pine Belt Wireless [...]
Data roaming agreements are difficult to obtain, are rarely reasonable, and rarely include 3G The Rural Telecommunications Group (RTG) submitted a letter today in response to a recent Verizon Wireless (Verizon) ex parte in which [...]
Washington, DC – Today, in an ex parte notice filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission), RCA (Rural Cellular Association) and RTG (Rural Telecommunications Group) cited specific examples of anticompetitive behavior experienced by [...]
Rural wireless carrier Bluegrass Cellular will build and operate a 4G LTE network in central Kentucky using leased spectrum through Verizon Wireless. Ron Smith, President of Bluegrass Cellular, Inc., said, "Our priority as a company [...]
We look forward to seeing you at the RICA/RTG Fall Forum in Las Vegas this November 17th and 18th! Some Fall Forum Highlights Include Blair Levin, who was the FCC's Director of the National Broadband [...]
RTG filed comments yesterday opposing the FCC’s vague plan to direct USAC to "reclaim" high-cost support for some sort of broadband general fund for undetermined use at an undetermined time in the future. RTG argues [...]
The FCC has issued an NPRM that provides details regarding the implementation of Verizon Wireless’s and Sprint Nextel’s commitments to surrender high-cost universal service support as required by the FCC when it approved their respective [...]
On September 2nd, the Fair Roaming Alliance and RTG members issued a letter to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) which refutes the White House's Business Roundtable and The Business Council’s joint June 21, [...]