The House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held a hearing today on the proposed merger of T-Mobile US, Inc. and Sprint Corp. While T-Mobile CEO and President, John Legere, and Sprint Executive Chairman, [...]
RWA Board Member John Nettles knows what it takes to bring telecommunications services to rural America. His family’s company, started in 1948, has been doing this work for more than 70 years. Nettles recently spoke [...]
On December 26, 2018, the Rural Wireless Association filed an Informal Request for Commission Action asking the FCC to investigate the 4G LTE coverage claimed by T-Mobile USA, Inc. as part of the one-time data [...]
RWA welcomes today’s announcement that the Federal Communications Commission is launching an investigation into whether one or more major carriers violated the Mobility Fund Phase II (MF-II) reverse auction’s mapping rules and submitted false coverage [...]
The RWA filed an ex parte in the Mobility Fund Phase II (“MFII”) proceeding expressing concern over a further extension of the deadline challenging LTE coverage for the MFII Challenge Process. RWA instead urged the [...]
The Rural Wireless Association, Inc. has filed a Reply to Opposition in the Sprint/T-Mobile Merger proceeding. The merger is anticompetitive, would be harmful to consumers (especially those in rural markets), and should be denied. RWA’s [...]
The Rural Wireless Association, Inc. welcomes today's FCC adoption of the 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) Report and Order. RWA applauds adoption of county-based licenses for the Priority Access Licenses in the CBRS [...]
The Rural Wireless Association applauds Commissioner Michael O’Rielly and Federal Communications Commission for considering county-based licenses for the Priority Access Licenses in the 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service. The choice of counties plus the [...]
RWA has filed a Petition to Deny the proposed Sprint/T-Mobile Merger. The merger is anticompetitive, would be harmful to consumers (especially those in rural markets), and should be denied. RWA’s Petition identifies harm in the [...]
On August 17, 2018, the Rural Wireless Association, Inc. ("RWA") joined ten other organizations in filing a motion with the Federal Communications Commission to stop the informal 180-day clock until T-Mobile and Sprint supplement their [...]