RTG along with Fibertower, Sprint and Comptel (Coalition) submitted an ex parte filing with the FCC in the TV White Spaces proceeding seeking to correct and address erroneous claims and mischaracterizations made by the Wireless [...]
Washington, D.C. – The Rural Telecommunications Group, Inc. (RTG), a trade association representing small, rural wireless carriers, is skeptical about the likelihood of Verizon Wireless (Verizon) actually following through on its announcement to share spectrum [...]
RTG filed a letter in support of the conditions imposed by the FCC on SkyTerra. The conditions, which require prior FCC approval before SkyTerra may make L-band spectrum available to one of the two largest [...]
RTG joined with MetroPCS, Sprint, T-Mobile, RCA, U.S. Cellular, Cellular South, Xanadoo, Access Spectrum, and Triad 700 in filing a 700 MHz Band Analysis (the Analysis) prepared by the technical consulting firm Wireless Strategy. The [...]
Washington, D.C. – The Rural Telecommunications Group, Inc. (RTG), a trade association representing small, rural wireless carriers, applauds the approach to broadband regulation set forth in Chairman Genachowski’s public statements. The “third way” approach described [...]
As one of the first steps in the National Broadband Plan (NBP), the FCC has released a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) and a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to decimate the current, high-cost universal [...]
Boulder, CO – April, 2010 – GetLisa Information Services has signed a long-term agreement with Element Mobile to provide Mobile Internet Gateway, Premium Content, Ringback Tones, and Premium/Standard Rate SMS Shortcode services. “We’re happy to [...]
RTG seeks to have handset devices manufactured so that they operate across the 700 MHz bands not just in the band classes utilized by Verizon Wireless and AT&T. Click here for a copy of RTG’s [...]
In a huge reversal of its 2007 roaming order adopted under former FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, the Genachowski FCC has eliminated the home roaming exception and adopted a presumption in favor of fair roaming practices. [...]
The 4G Coalition (of which RTG is a member) submitted a technical proposal with the FCC to combine the Upper A and D Blocks into a single block of spectrum to be auctioned next year. [...]