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On December 11, 2018, NTCA filed reply comments on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comments on changes to the 3.7-4.2 GHz band to expand its use and reallocate part of the band. In the filing, NTCA supported consideration of...

On February 8, 2019, NTCA filed comments with the FCC on Improving the Resiliency of Mobile Wireless Communications Networks.

On February 15, 2019, NTCA staff Jill Canfield, Vice President of Legal, and Brian Ford, Senior Regulatory Counsel met with Umair Javed from Commissioner Rosenworcel's office to discuss wireless issues pertaining to the 2.5 GHz and 3.7 GHz spectrum. NTCA...

On February 27, 2019, Jill Canfield, NTCA Vice President of Legal, met with staff from Commissioner O'Rielly and Commisioner Carr's office to discuss 2.5GHz and 3.7GHz spectrum auctions and to reiterate NTCA's opposition to the Sprint-T-Mobile merger.

On March 6, 2019, Jill Canfield, NTCA Vice President of Legal, met with Rachel Bender from Chairman Pai's office and William Davenport from Commissioner Starks' office to discuss the 2.5GHz and 3.7GHz spectrum auctions and to reiterated NTCA's opposition to...

On March 25, 2019, NTCA joined efforts with other industry partners in a letter to Congressional Leaders highlighting the importance of the C-Band Auction in the deployment of broadband in Rural America.

On April 18, 2019, NTCA, along with a group of various companies, trade associations, labor organizations and public interest groups, submitted an Open Letter to the Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission, uniting in opposing to the Sprint-T-Mobile...

On April 29, 2019, NTCA and the Rural Wireless Association filed joint comments on Improving the Wireless Resiliency Cooperative Framework. The filing noted that bilateral roaming agreements that protect consumers in emergencies are often lacking and mutual coordination and cooperation...

On June 3, 2019, NTCA filed comments supporting the FCC's proposal to create rules that would encourage large providers to partition/disaggregate/lease unused portions of their spectrum to small, rural carriers. NTCA recommended establishing construction benchmarks, and penalties for missing those...

On July 1, 2019, NTCA filed reply comments in response to the request from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for ways to incentivize large carriers to sell or lease unused portions of their licensed spectrum to small, rural carriers. NTCA...