Washington, D.C. – The Rural Telecommunications Group, Inc. (RTG), a trade association representing small, rural wireless carriers, is skeptical about the likelihood of Verizon Wireless (Verizon) actually following through on its announcement to share spectrum [...]
RTG filed a letter in support of the conditions imposed by the FCC on SkyTerra. The conditions, which require prior FCC approval before SkyTerra may make L-band spectrum available to one of the two largest [...]
RTG joined with MetroPCS, Sprint, T-Mobile, RCA, U.S. Cellular, Cellular South, Xanadoo, Access Spectrum, and Triad 700 in filing a 700 MHz Band Analysis (the Analysis) prepared by the technical consulting firm Wireless Strategy. The [...]
Washington, D.C. – The Rural Telecommunications Group, Inc. (RTG), a trade association representing small, rural wireless carriers, applauds the approach to broadband regulation set forth in Chairman Genachowski’s public statements. The “third way” approach described [...]
As one of the first steps in the National Broadband Plan (NBP), the FCC has released a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) and a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to decimate the current, high-cost universal [...]
Boulder, CO – April, 2010 – GetLisa Information Services has signed a long-term agreement with Element Mobile to provide Mobile Internet Gateway, Premium Content, Ringback Tones, and Premium/Standard Rate SMS Shortcode services. “We’re happy to [...]
RTG seeks to have handset devices manufactured so that they operate across the 700 MHz bands not just in the band classes utilized by Verizon Wireless and AT&T. Click here for a copy of RTG’s [...]
In a huge reversal of its 2007 roaming order adopted under former FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, the Genachowski FCC has eliminated the home roaming exception and adopted a presumption in favor of fair roaming practices. [...]
The 4G Coalition (of which RTG is a member) submitted a technical proposal with the FCC to combine the Upper A and D Blocks into a single block of spectrum to be auctioned next year. [...]
Washington, D.C. – The Rural Telecommunications Group, Inc. (RTG), a trade association representing small, rural wireless carriers, supports the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and its actions today that further support healthy competition in the wireless [...]