The Rural Wireless Association appointed James Dunn, CEO of Copper Valley Wireless in Valdez, Alaska to its Board. Mr. Dunn has over 25 years of telecom industry experience and is currently the Chief Executive Officer [...]
Proactive Alarms & Reporting Drive Operational Efficiencies for Nemont’s Wireless & Wireline Network March 27, 2019 – Minnesota-based technology solutions provider Telsasoft is pleased to announce that in November of 2018, Nemont implemented Telsasoft's comprehensive [...]
The Rural Wireless Association (RWA) continues its calls to the Federal Communications Commission to investigate the 4G LTE coverage claims of T-Mobile US, Inc. (“T-Mobile”). RWA’s members previously submitted evidence to the FCC illustrating how [...]
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 [...]