Opposes the fund's use as a “bone” to rural wireless carriers to replace high-cost support The Rural Telecommunications Group (RTG) filed comments yesterday regarding the FCC's proposed Mobility Fund. In its Mobility Fund NPRM, the [...]
A nationwide, interoperable public safety network should be exactly that – nationwide. All first responders, whether urban, suburban or rural, need access to the same lifesaving broadband communications capabilities to respond to disasters and keep [...]
RTG refutes claim that the plan reflects industry consensus The Rural Telecommunications Group (RTG) filed comments with the FCC today regarding CTIA's plan on transitioning cellular service to geographic market-area licensing. CTIA submitted a proposal [...]
RTG and RTG Member, Lemko Corporation (Lemko), met with FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn's wireless legal advisor, to discuss ways to incent spectrum licensees to make their underutilized spectrum available to entities needing spectrum in rural [...]
On October 25, RTG submitted comments opposing the proposal to allow Fixed Service (“FS”) licensees to operate “auxiliary stations.” Such a substantial change in the FCC's fixed microwave rules will result in increased interference to [...]
The FCC has released a Second Memorandum Opinion and Order that upholds the majority of prior decisions from an earlier report and order while at the same time clarifying some rules concerning: unlicensed TV Bands [...]
Ms. Wiener will discuss the creation of a Mobility Fund as recommended in the National Broadband Plan at the RICA/RTG Fall Forum this November. RTG has emphasized that the Mobility Fund should not be used [...]
The Coalition for 4G in America submitted a letter and paper supporting the promotion of interoperability across the entire 700 MHz Band to ensure the development of a multiband commercial and public safety device ecosystem. [...]
On September 16, RTG, FiberTower, WCAI and Sprint Nextel spoke with Rick Kaplan, Chief Counsel and Senior Legal Advisor to Chairman Genachowski on a number of issues including: a proposal to permit limited fixed licensed [...]
RTG, FiberTower, Sprint Nextel and WCAI, (Coalition), refuted the latest allegations made by the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA) regarding the Coalition’s proposal to permit limited fixed licensed use of a limited percentage of [...]