RTG's General Counsel, Carri Bennet, let everyone know at the Broadband Breakfast Club event that the fight against this merger will be a "battle to death." She noted that conditions on this deal are not [...]
Conditions Alone Will Not Overcome Threats to Consumer Choice, Job Loss and Competition Washington, D.C. – Exactly one month ago, AT&T Inc. (AT&T) boldly announced its plan to take over T-Mobile USA, Inc. (T-Mobile). As [...]
Carolina West Wireless announced it has entered into an agreement as part of Clear Stream Communications to partner with Verizon. Verizon plans to partner with Clear Stream to cooperatively build and operate its LTE network [...]
S and R Communications, LLC announced that the company has entered into an agreement with Verizon Wireless to participate in the LTE in Rural America program. Under the program, S and R will work with [...]
Washington, D.C. – The Rural Telecommunications Group, Inc. (RTG) is thrilled with the Federal Communications Commission’s decision earlier today to formally recognize that data roaming is a necessity for all Americans. RTG’s members can now [...]
RTG recently responded in a letter to the FCC regarding AT&T’s March 24, 2011 ex parte acknowledging that it has entered into a 3G data roaming agreement with one of RTG’s members, CTC Telcom d/b/a [...]
RTG responded to the Joint Opposition of AT&T and Qualcomm to Petitions to Deny or to Condition Consent and Reply to Comments filed by AT&T and Qualcomm. RTG opposes the sale of Qualcomm's lower 700 [...]
Washington, D.C. – The Rural Telecommunications Group, Inc. (RTG), while hardly surprised by yesterday’s announcement that T-Mobile USA, Inc. agreed to be purchased by AT&T, strongly opposes the further consolidation of the wireless industry that [...]
On March 11th, RTG petitioned the FCC to deny the proposed assignment of Qualcomm's lower 700 MHz band licenses to AT&T or in the alternative to condition any such grant in a manner that will [...]
Statement of Carri Bennet, General Counsel to the Rural Telecommunications Group Washington, D.C. – Since 2007, the Rural Telecommunications Group (RTG) has advocated for the FCC to establish a data roaming mandate. While the National [...]