Competition in Rural America Depends on Enforceable Conditions -- Or a Future Unwinding of the Deals The Rural Telecommunications Group, Inc. (RTG) is appreciative of the time and effort the United States Department of Justice [...]
Small carriers are worried about getting snuffed by the deep pockets of AT&T and Verizon Wireless, and they want help. What judges and regulators decide to do could impact your wallet for years to come. [...]
A well-known industry analyst is telling wireless operators to cut fees on shared data plans.The bucket data rates introduced by Verizon Wireless and AT&T this summer come with steep surcharges for adding devices, even though [...]
Verizon’s Plans to Abandon Rural Landline Customers Some of the most revealing commentary from McAdam came in response to questions about what Verizon plans to do with its enormous landline phone network, dominant in the [...]
The wireless industry remains divided on whether new regulations are needed to ensure that mobile devices used in the lower 700 megahertz band of spectrum can operate on airwaves used by different carriers, including Verizon [...]
The Justice Department and the FCC aren't looking kindly upon Verizon Wireless' marketing agreements with its cable partners in the AWS transaction, according to the latest report from The Wall Street Journal. The federal antitrust [...]
Today, RTG filed with the Federal Communications Commission both a petition to deny the spectrum deal between Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile and comments demonstrating how that deal perpetuates the anticompetitive harms brought about by Verizon [...]
Public Knowledge and the Rural Telecommunications Group (RTG) want the FCC to delay its review of Verizon's AWS acquisition for the third time. The groups, both opponents to the transaction, said in a letter to [...]
The Alliance for Broadband Competition today released the following statement pointing to the misinformation being put forth in Verizon's response to letters put forth by Representatives Markey and Conyers to the DoJ and FCC: "A [...]
Seek DOJ/FCC Scrutiny of Verizon/Cable Pact The Rural Telecommunications Group, together with numerous wireless and wireline service providers and consumer advocacy groups, have announced the formation of the Alliance for Broadband Competition (“Alliance”). The formation [...]