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 [...]
NTIA unveiled the National Broadband Map (as called for in the National Broadband Plan) yesterday - a searchable nationwide map of broadband Internet availability resulting from a nationwide survey on broadband adoption. The website includes [...]
Public safety is a core function of local government. The vast majority of law enforcement, firefighters, emergency personnel and first responders are employed by state and local governments. Unfortunately, some in Congress support a government [...]
We look forward to seeing you at the RICA/RTG Fall Forum in Las Vegas this November 17th and 18th! Some Fall Forum Highlights Include Blair Levin, who was the FCC's Director of the National Broadband [...]
RTG met with the FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and the Wireline Competition Bureau on the creation of a Mobility Fund as recommended in the National Broadband Plan (NBP). RTG emphasized the fact that this is [...]
Washington, D.C. – The Rural Telecommunications Group, Inc. (RTG), a trade association representing small, rural wireless carriers, applauds President Obama for issuing a Presidential Memorandum to help unleash 500 megahertz of spectrum for wireless broadband [...]
In a letter dated June 25, the 4G Coalition notes it has been thirteen years since Congress directed the FCC to auction 36 MHz of spectrum in the Upper 700 MHz band for commercial use, [...]
The Coalition for 4G in America, of which RTG is a member, filed this technical study in the active 700 MHz dockets. The signatories include: RTG, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile, RCA, Xanadoo Company, Access Spectrum and [...]
4G Coalition, of which RTG is a member, filed a letter with the FCC supporting the FCC's Omnibus Broadband Initiative cost model supporting the National Broadband Plan's (NBP) funding recommendations for the Public Safety broadband [...]