In his letter to Attorney General Eric Holder and FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, Chairman Kohl of the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights writes: ...I have concluded that this acquisition, if permitted [...]
By Ed Black, CEO of Computer & Communications Industry Association ...The mega-merger between AT&T and T-mobile and the IBM mainframe investigation are two major cases before the DOJ that demand action. The unchecked reemergence of [...]
The National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) represents the advanced telecommunications and information technology interests of 1,500 rural utilities and affiliates in 48 states. NRTC provides products and services developed specifically to meet the needs of [...]
Washington, D.C. – The Rural Telecommunications Group, Inc. (RTG), which represents the country’s smallest rural broadband providers, today thanked Christine Varney, Assistant Attorney General, for her public service, and the legacy of commitment to marketplace [...]
The financial consequences of the AT&T/T-Mobile transaction and AT&T's proven financial priorities will lead to exactly the opposite outcomes from the benefits AT&T claims it will generate. AT&T's well financed public relations and lobbying campaign [...]
Rural service provider Mosaic Telecom keeps pushing the boundaries and is now aiming to bring super-fast broadband to the homes of the remotest rural customers by deploying LTE on its existing spectrum. “Along with improving [...]
July 14, 2011 The FCC currently allows access to Common Carrier microwave spectrum at nearly no cost. This pales in comparison to the cost of LMDS licenses that were distributed via auction. XO believes this [...]
Boulder, Colorado – GetLisa Information Services has announced that since its move to its new Class-A, state-of-the-art data center in Boulder it has achieved four nines (99.99%) of overall uptime for its carrier customers, setting [...]
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Rural Telecommunications Group, Inc. (RTG) filed its reply responding to AT&T’s opposition to RTG’s petition to deny the proposed AT&T/T-Mobile merger. Since it first announced to the world on March [...]
NTCA and RTG are currently seeking topic and speaker proposals for the 2012 Wireless Symposium & WiExpo, which will be held in New Orleans, La., on January 11-13. Topic submissions should: Be specific and germane [...]