Request for Auction Suspension
More than half of the bidders in the Incentive Auction are RWA and/or NTCA members or affiliates. Both RWA and NTCA will be holding events in September, and are concerned that the Incentive Auction bidding [...]
RWA Member Briefing – FCC Sets Incentive Auction Application Deadline & Competitive Bidding Rules Webinar
This briefing gives an overview of the FCC Public Notice announcing the application procedure for the 600 MHz Broadcast Incentive Auction, currently set to begin on March 29, 2016. The window for Forward Auction applications [...]
Access To Low-Band Spectrum Is The Key To Wireless Competition
Not all spectrum is created equal. Low-band spectrum – spectrum below 1 GHz – has unique propagation characteristics that make it very valuable to mobile wireless carriers. Carriers refer to this spectrum as “beachfront” spectrum [...]
RWA Joins Forces to Save Wireless Choice
RWA has joined forces with NTCA The Rural Broadband Association and other organizations and communications companies on the Save Wireless Choice initiative. The goal of the initiative is to work together to ensure that the upcoming 600 MHz [...]
RWA Advocates for Rural Telco Bidding Credit
The statement below may be attributed to Daryl A. Zakov, RWA’s Assistant General Counsel. RWA appreciates the Commission’s attention to the issues surrounding the upcoming 600 MHz Incentive Auction, including the examination of its competitive [...]
Rural Coalition Promotes Consensus Proposal Expanding Geographic License Areas for 600 MHz Auction
Arlington, Va. (March 11, 2014) – NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association (NTCA) and the Rural Wireless Association (RWA), together with the Competitive Carriers’ Association (CCA) and the Blooston Rural Carriers, today announced a consensus proposal for [...]
RWA’s Carri Bennet Discusses Verizon/Vodafone Deal with the BBC
RTG's General Counsel, Carri Bennet, commented on Verizon’s bid to purchase Verizon Wireless from UK-based Vodafone for $130 billion during two British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) radio programs. Throughout the interviews with the host of Business [...]
AT&T Continues to Shout-Down Any Opposition to its Spectrum Hoarding Quest
RTG Supports Reasonable Limits on the Spectrum Holdings of All Carriers AT&T, Inc. (AT&T) has submitted yet another filing with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) arguing once again that any proposal suggesting a limit on [...]
RTG: FCC Approval of Mega-Deal Reinforces VZW/AT&T Duopoly
Competition in Rural America Now Depends on Enforceable Conditions and Specially-Created Complaint Docket The Rural Telecommunications Group, Inc. (RTG) respects the time the Federal Communications Commission has spent analyzing the complex business arrangements and accompanying [...]