Rural Consumers Benefit the Most from Rural Carriers Building Out 3G and 4G Networks The Rural Telecommunications Group, Inc. (RTG) applauds the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) on the success of Mobility Fund Phase [...]
Combined Company Provides an LTE-based Alternative to AT&T and Verizon The following statement can be attributed to Carri Bennet, RTG’s General Counsel: By merging their assets, T-Mobile and MetroPCS will be able to provide a [...]
Competition in Rural America Now Depends on Enforceable Conditions and Specially-Created Complaint Docket The Rural Telecommunications Group, Inc. (RTG) respects the time the Federal Communications Commission has spent analyzing the complex business arrangements and accompanying [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Today, RTG filed comments in response to the Federal Communications Commission’s Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking proposals to reform and modernize the methodology for assessing and recovering Universal Service Fund (USF) support. The FCC [...]
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 [...]
Any Deal Likely to Perpetuate AT&T-Verizon Duopoly, Harm Rural Consumers Verizon Wireless’ announcement earlier today that it would voluntarily sell select 700 MHz Lower A and B Block licenses is nothing more than a calculated [...]
Need For Full Transparency Remains Strong to Protect the Public The Rural Telecommunications Group (RTG) applauds the decision of the Federal Communications Commission to extend the filing deadline for parties petitioning the proposed sale of [...]