On November 8, 2018, West Telecom Services, LLC and NTCA discussed potential changes to the 8YY originating access charge reform with Nirali Patel, FCC Wireline Advisor to Chairman Pai. Both NTCA and West Telecom Service noted that their positions were...
On February 7, 2019, Mike Romano, NTCA Senior Vice President of Industry Affairs, met with Jamie Susskind, chief of staff to Commission Brendan Carr. NTCA discussed various policy initiatives including Network Performance Testing, Intercarrier Compensation and Rate Floor issues.
On February 28, 2019 NTCA met with the FCC to discuss Rural Call Completion issues and expressed concerns that the Draft Order lacks the specificity to ensure that all providers in a call path understand and comply with their obligations...
On March 11, 2019, NTCA filed reply comments with the FCC stating that the Commission adopted rules in an October 2018 Order that allow RLECs to elect incentive regulation of their BDS services in markets deemed competitive based on a...
On March 18, 2019, the American Television Alliance (ATVA), filed comments questioning the benefits to consumers if the Nexstar-Tribune merger proceeds. NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association is a partner with ATVA.
On January 14, 2018, NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association submitted Comments to the Information Sharing and Analysis Organization (ISAO) Standards Organization (SO) regarding Solicitation for Discussion on an ISAO Certification Model
NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association submitted comments February 12, 2018 in response to a draft report about actions to address automated and distributed threats to the digital ecosystem, related to Docket No. 180103005–8005–01.
On October 30, 2018, Jill Canfield, Vice President of Legal & Industry and Jesse Ward, Director of Industry & Policy Analysis talked with James Wile and Brenda Villanueva, Attorney Advisors in the Cybersecurity & Communications Reliability Division, Public Safety &...
On November 16, 2018, NTCA filed comments to the Wireline Competition Bureau in regards to Section 889 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act. NTCA members are committed to well-target proposals to address threats within the telecommunications supply...
