Washington, D.C. - The Rural Wireless Association is extremely disappointed to see Gigi Sohn withdraw her nomination to serve as an FCC Commissioner. RWA has continued to express its support for Ms. Sohn’s nomination due to [...]
Washington, D.C. - RWA continues to be frustrated by the lack of urgency in implementing the Federal Communications Commission’s Secure Networks Act Reimbursement Program. This slow-moving effort, demonstrated by the Report submitted by the FCC to Congress, has [...]
Washington, D.C. - RWA, in conjunction with seven other communications trade associations, has implored Congress, in a letter to leadership, to quickly appropriate the necessary monies to fully fund the Federal Communications Commission’s Secure Networks Act Reimbursement Program. [...]
Washington, D.C. - The Rural Wireless Association (RWA) announces the results of its Board of Directors elections and its FY 2023 Board Officers. Elections were held during RWA's Annual Meeting on September 27, 2022, in San [...]
Washington D.C. – RWA calls on Congress to quickly appropriate the necessary monies to fully fund the Federal Communications Commission’s Secure Networks Act Reimbursement Program now that the FCC has done its part in announcing [...]
Washington, D.C. - The Rural Wireless Association applauds the Federal Communications Commission on adopting an Order to establish the Enhanced Competition Incentive Program (ECIP) that will encourage licensees to partition, disaggregate, or lease spectrum to [...]
Washington, D.C. - The Rural Wireless Association supports the Report and Order recently released by the Federal Communications Commission that will mandate that all facilities-based mobile wireless providers comply with the Mandatory Disaster Response Initiative (MDRI). Importantly, [...]
Park City, Utah – At the Rural Wireless Infrastructure Summit today, FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks spoke to attendees, highlighting two policy priorities in which rural carriers are at the front lines: advocating for accessible and affordable broadband [...]
Park City, UT - The Rural Wireless Association applauds FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel for her support of rural broadband deployment and rural operators as we move towards 5G services and beyond. In her keynote at [...]
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Rural Wireless Association (RWA) released its Open RAN Resource Guide (Guide) which is designed to help RWA members navigate the Open RAN landscape. The Guide, coordinated by RWA’s Technology Committee, is [...]