Washington, D.C. - Rural Wireless Association, Inc. (RWA) Regulatory Counsel Erin Fitzgerald testified at a U.S. House of Representatives Small Business Joint Subcommittee Hearing today. Fitzgerald underscored the challenges of providing wireless broadband in rural [...]
Washington, D.C. - RWA respectfully disagrees with the Commission on its AT&T and AWN/GCI decisions released today. In December, the Commission denied an RWA Application for Review and granted a build out extension to T-Mobile [...]
London, February 23rd – Truphone, the first global mobile operator , announced today a strategic partnership with NewCore Wireless, the leading full-service hosted rural wireless switching provider, to provide a high quality LTE core network [...]
GREAT FALLS - Good news for the people who live in northeastern rural Montana. The folks at Nemont Telephone Cooperative are proud to announce that they are now providing critical wireless service to what they are [...]
Washington, D.C. - The Rural Wireless Association, Inc. (RWA) is pleased the Commission granted its Petition for Clarification that the Mobility Fund Phase II (MF-II) collocation requirement applies to newly constructed, rather than all, network [...]
Washington, D.C. - The Washington Post recently confirmed what Sagebrush Cellular CEO and Rural Wireless Association President Mike Kilgore knows all too well – the company’s service area in Northeast Montana is exceedingly remote. The article notes [...]
Washington, D.C. - The following statement may be attributed to Carri Bennet, RWA's General Counsel: The Rural Wireless Association (RWA) urges the Trump administration and Congressional leaders to include funding for next-generation 911 (NG-911) services in any [...]
The Rural Wireless Association was recently mentioned in a Wall Street Journal story entitled, “Huawei, Seen as Possible Spy Threat, Boomed Despite U.S. Warnings.” The story features RWA Associate Member Huawei, and quotes former RWA [...]
Washington, D.C., – The Rural Wireless Association, Inc. (“RWA”) welcomes the Trump administration’s focus on rural broadband deployment and infrastructure siting. The President’s action recognizes that broadband access in rural areas is critical to ensuring [...]
Washington, D.C., – The Rural Wireless Association, Inc. (“RWA”) filed Comments in response to several proposed changes to the rules governing Priority Access Licenses (“PALs”) in the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (“CBRS”) band. Viewed favorably [...]