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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
RTG and competitive commercial carriers urge the FCC to recognize the competitive importance of the Upper 700 MHz D Block spectrum and reject calls from the two largest carriers in the wireless industry (AT&T and [...]