Landmark Legislation Will Spur Ubiquitous and Affordable Broadband, and Lead to Rural Economic Development and Prosperity Washington, DC - Today, President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) into law, clearing the way for rural Americans [...]
Washington, DC - The Rural Wireless Association is thrilled to learn of President Biden’s nomination of Jessica Rosenworcel and Gigi Sohn as FCC Commissioners and believes that both will receive swift Senate confirmation. Having a fully [...]
Washington, D.C. - Today, the Rural Wireless Association, Inc. (RWA) shared the results of its member survey on the impact of the three nationwide carriers’ discontinuance of 3G services on rural Americans. RWA asked the Federal [...]
Washington, D.C. - The Rural Wireless Association announces the results of its FY 2022 Board of Directors Officer elections. Elections were held at RWA's Annual Meeting on September 21, 2021 in Nashville. All current Board members [...]
The FCC has released a Public Notice adopting final procedures for its Reimbursement Program to secure our Nation’s networks. The Rural Wireless Association commends the FCC on its work on implementing the $1.9 billion Secure [...]
"It's far past time to modernize the contribution methodology for the Universal Service Fund. The Rural Wireless Association supports Commissioner Carr's call to reform the contribution side of USF and has been a long-time advocate [...]
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 [...]
American Jobs Plan to jumpstart rural economy by creating jobs in rural America Today, the Biden Administration released highlights of its $2 trillion infrastructure plan, the “American Jobs Plan,” which includes investing $100 billion in [...]
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 [...]