RWA advocates before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Congress on behalf of its members.
From Alaska to Alabama, RWA is dedicated to supporting our member companies in their efforts to extend wireless coverage to our rural communities through our innovative advocacy. Our devoted team of legal and regulatory experts ensures our carrier members have a voice in Washington.
The RWA Advocacy Team:
- Secured a 15% rural service provider bidding credit for the 600 MHz Auction, and formulated and structured the 600 MHz auction for a successful outcome by rightsizing license areas and preventing package bidding.
- Participates in the CAF Phase II proceeding to ensure wireless broadband providers are funded.
- Continues to be deeply involved in the Mobility Fund Phase II proceeding to ensure that rural wireless companies can meet both capex and opex for LTE buildout.
- Files dozens of pleadings, comments and ex partes each year covering issues that impact rural wireless carriers including Universal Service/Mobility Fund/CAF; Spectrum Auctions; Fair and Reasonable Roaming Access to Devices; Unfair Competition.
- Works to ensure that rural wireless companies secure fair and reasonable roaming agreements.
- Ensuring that the FCC fairly addresses the 700 MHz buildout rules, so the spectrum is not warehoused by licensees unwilling to build wireless networks in rural and remote areas.
RWA Discusses Rural Carrier Concerns with National Security Supply Chain Proceeding
Today, RWA members Pine Belt Cellular and Union Wireless, along with RWA's General Counsel, Carri Bennet, participated in an FCC workshop dedicated to "finding, fixing, and funding" the problems associated with removing network equipment that [...]
RWA Pleased that Judge Marerro Has Rural America at Heart in T-Mobile/Sprint Antitrust Lawsuit
Today, at the pre-trial conference held in federal court (Southern District New York), the ten state attorneys general who have sued to block the T-Mobile/Sprint merger were joined by attorneys general of four additional states [...]
RWA Supports New York Lawsuit to Block T-Mobile/Sprint Merger
Today, at a press conference held at the New York State Attorney General’s Office in New York City, the Rural Wireless Association stood in support of the New York Attorney General’s lawsuit to block the [...]
RWA Calls New T-Mobile Out on Rural 5G Buildout Sleight of Hand
Today the Rural Wireless Association (RWA) filed an ex parte letter with the Federal Communications Commission criticizing the vague, unsubstantiated merger conditions proposed by T-Mobile and Sprint (“New T-Mobile”) in a May 20 filing to [...]