Washington, DC – Today, in an ex parte notice filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission), RCA (Rural Cellular Association) and RTG (Rural Telecommunications Group) cited specific examples of anticompetitive behavior experienced by [...]
RTG, FiberTower, Sprint Nextel, Stanton Park Group and WCAI met with FCC Commissioner McDowell and highlighted the many benefits of authorizing limited fixed licensed use on portions of the TV White Spaces in rural areas [...]
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It is short-sighted to ignore the eventuality of both wholly IP-based 3G and 4G mobile networks The Rural Telecommunications Group (RTG) filed comments with the FCC today refuting AT&T's claim that data roaming is not [...]
Rural wireless carrier Bluegrass Cellular will build and operate a 4G LTE network in central Kentucky using leased spectrum through Verizon Wireless. Ron Smith, President of Bluegrass Cellular, Inc., said, "Our priority as a company [...]
RTG refutes claim that the plan reflects industry consensus The Rural Telecommunications Group (RTG) filed comments with the FCC today regarding CTIA's plan on transitioning cellular service to geographic market-area licensing. CTIA submitted a proposal [...]
RTG and RTG Member, Lemko Corporation (Lemko), met with FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn's wireless legal advisor, to discuss ways to incent spectrum licensees to make their underutilized spectrum available to entities needing spectrum in rural [...]
RTG's General Counsel, Carri Bennet, and Wireless Technical Advisor, Mehran Nazari, met with FCC Commissioner Clyburn's wireless legal advisor to discuss whether priority access should be permissible in the context of data roaming. RTG expressed [...]
Banking reclaimed high cost support will hurt wireless competition and consumers The Rural Telecommunications Group (RTG) filed comments with the FCC today addressing the issues raised by various parties in the FCC's Corr Wireless proceeding. [...]
On October 25, RTG submitted comments opposing the proposal to allow Fixed Service (“FS”) licensees to operate “auxiliary stations.” Such a substantial change in the FCC's fixed microwave rules will result in increased interference to [...]