Washington, DC - The Rural Wireless Association is heartened by the confirmation of Alan Davidson to head the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). Davidson has a plethora of technology and innovation experience and has [...]
Today, the Rural Wireless Association joined with seven other public interest and consumer advocacy groups to ask the FCC to preserve the Sprint CDMA network acquired by T-Mobile. Rural customers are dependent on the Sprint [...]
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Federal Communications Commission adopted rules to auction mid-band spectrum in the 3.45- 3.55 GHz band by the end of this year. The Rural Wireless Association is disappointed that the FCC chose [...]
Washington, D.C. – The Rural Wireless Association, Inc. is breathing a huge sigh of relief now that Congress has budgeted $1.9 billion to fund securing the Nation’s communications supply chain under the Secure Networks Act. The [...]
Washington, D.C. –The Rural Wireless Association, Inc. is pleased that the FCC has taken steps today to secure the nation’s communications supply chain. Today’s adoption of the FCC’s Second Report and Order moves our members [...]
Washington, D.C. – The Rural Wireless Association, Inc. (RWA) applauds CoBank’s latest Report “Funding Uncertainties Wreak Havoc for Rural Communications at the Worst Time Possible” authored by economist, Jeff Johnston. The CoBank report concludes that [...]
Washington, D.C. – The Rural Wireless Association, Inc. (RWA) applauds the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) decision to adopt the 5G Fund for Rural America (5G Fund) Report and Order in today’s October Open Meeting. [...]
RWA’s General Counsel, Carri Bennet, spoke to the "Federal Drive" with Tom Temin about the Huawei/ZTE equipment ban and the implications on rural carriers. Bennet expressed concern that if government funding is not in place [...]