RWA applauds the U.S. House of Representatives for passing the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 (HR.4998), which authorizes up to $1 billion in funding for rural carriers to replace their Huawei and [...]
RWA is pleased that the FCC has determined in its “Mobility Fund Phase II Coverage Maps Investigation Staff Report” that Verizon and T-Mobile clearly overstated their coverage in submissions made to the FCC that would [...]
Texas AG Ken Paxton Likely Facing Political Pressure to Show A Win Ahead of State AGs Court Date; Consumers Sadly in Crossfire The recent announcement that State of Texas Attorney General (Texas AG) Ken Paxton [...]
All Five Commissioners Recognize Service Disruption Risks to Rural Consumers and Need for Adequate Replacement Funding Washington, D.C. – The Rural Wireless Association remains cautiously optimistic that the FCC’s recently-adopted Report and Order, Order, and [...]
RWA is not surprised that a group of rural carriers has mounted a class action lawsuit against T-Mobile for the immense harm inflicted upon rural local exchange carriers and their rural customers for the insertion [...]
On October 28 the Rural Wireless Association filed comments in the 3.5 GHz band auction proceeding. In its comments, RWA notes that since its adoption of county-based bidding, the Commission, in an attempt to benefit [...]
RiverStreet Networks earns $1.9 million grant to build fiber network - Area devastated by flooding to benefit from project Wilkesboro, NC – October 25, 2019 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded a federal grant to [...]
Earlier today, the Federal Communications Commission narrowly-approved the proposed merger between Sprint Corp. and T-Mobile US, Inc., as well as an apparent side-deal with Dish Network Corp. that allows the satellite company to delay its [...]
On October 11 the Rural Wireless Association filed comments under the Tunney Act review process with the DOJ explaining the ineffectiveness of the DOJ’s Proposed Final Judgement/Consent Decree in alleviating the anticompetitive effects of the [...]
Inaugural Heroes of Telecom awards celebrate those that push the industry boundaries and upend the status quo. PALO ALTO, Calif., September 25, 2019 – Sitetracker, whose software powers the successful deployment of critical infrastructure, is [...]