This piece was originally published in the 2015 Super Mobility Week Official Show Daily. Think the Big Four traditional carriers will be the only ones strutting their stuff at CTIA this year? Think again. The [...]
September 10, 2015 - Las Vegas, NV – The Associated Carrier Group (ACG) announced a new Affiliate Membership program during the Rural Wireless Summit, hosted by the Rural Wireless Association (RWA), in Las Vegas, Nevada. ACG [...]
RWA is a member of SaveWirelessChoice, a coalition of public interest groups, wireless carriers, consumer and trade groups. The coalition released the statement below in response to the FCC Open Meeting vote on incentive auction procedures. [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 25, 2015 The statement below may be attributed to Erin P. Fitzgerald, RWA's Assistant Regulatory Counsel. The Rural Wireless Association, Inc. (“RWA”) is pleased that the proposed Competitive Bidding rules include [...]
RWA has secured a number of speakers for its 2015 Rural Wireless Summit. The Summit will be co-located with CTIA’s Super Mobility 2015, September 9-11 in Las Vegas. The Honorable FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly will address [...]
Not all spectrum is created equal. Low-band spectrum – spectrum below 1 GHz – has unique propagation characteristics that make it very valuable to mobile wireless carriers. Carriers refer to this spectrum as “beachfront” spectrum [...]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) is currently finalizing the rules for the 600 MHz broadcast incentive auction which is scheduled to occur in early 2016. The incentive auction is believed to be the [...]
In response to the FCC’s request for comment on the competitive bidding rules, NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association and RWA provided details about a proposed rural telco bidding credit. In recognizing the unique position and interest that rural [...]
The statement below may be attributed to Daryl A. Zakov, RWA’s Assistant General Counsel. RWA appreciates the Commission’s attention to the issues surrounding the upcoming 600 MHz Incentive Auction, including the examination of its competitive [...]
Replace the term chicken with “reverse auction” and egg with “forward auction” and the result would be a classic conundrum updated to 21st century FCC-speak. Throw in the term “repacking“, as in moving the broadcasters [...]