Advocacy
RTG is a strong advocate before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Congress for rural wireless carriers. Click on a Topic or Tag to learn more about RTG’s regulatory and legislative activities.
RTG Urges FCC to Deny Spectrum Sales from Leap, SpectrumCo and Cox to Verizon Wireless
Cites Evidence of Collusion in Cable Deals
The Rural Telecommunications Group’s (RTG) has filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) two separate petitions to deny pending license sales to Verizon Wireless. RTG’s first petition to deny… Read More »
RTG Urges FCC to Review Mobility Fund Phase I Results Before Setting Rules for Phase II
The Rural Telecommunications Group’s (RTG) reply comments submitted today in the Federal Communications Commission’s Phase II Mobility Fund proceeding emphasize that any decision prior to completion of Phase I on how to award Mobility Fund… Read More »
RTG and others file joint brief in support of the FCC’s Roaming Obligations
On January 23rd, RTG along with Bright House, Cincinnati Bell, Leap Wireless, MetroPCS, NTCA, RCA and U.S. Cellular, filed an intervenor’s brief in the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. Virtually the entire wireless industry—that is, every carrier… Read More »
RTG Challenging USF and ICC Order
On January 20th, RTG intervened in the proceeding before Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the FCC’s recent USF and ICC Order. RTG intervened in support of both Petitioners and Respondents, in order to challenge or support… Read More »
Assignment of Licenses to Verizon Wireless from SpectrumCo (Comcast) and Cox TMI Wireless (Cox Communications)
On January 18th, RTG and others sent a letter to Chairman Genachowski requesting that the FCC direct the applicants to produce all of the agreements referred to in Verizon’s SEC filing, Comcast’s press release, and any similar… Read More »
RTG Urges FCC to Carefully Craft Rules for Mobility Fund Phase II
Existing Mobile Voice and Broadband Carriers Must be Protected in Rural Areas
The Rural Telecommunications Group (RTG), in response to the Federal Communications Commission’s Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking input on what rules to adopt as part of Phase… Read More »
FCC Extends deadline for filing comments on sale of Leap Wireless licenses to Verizon
On December 30th, the FCC granted the request by RTG to extend the filing deadline finding that it would be in the public interest to adopt identical comment cycles for the Verizon Wireless/Leap Wireless, Verizon Wireless/SpectrumCo and Verizon Wireless/Cox applications.… Read More »
RTG Supports DOJ Motion to Stay or Dismiss Lawsuit
Judge Huvelle: AT&T “Flatly wrong on the law”
The Rural Telecommunications Group (RTG) supports the decision by the Department of Justice to file a motion next week to either stay or dismiss its lawsuit to block AT&T’s takeover of T-Mobile… Read More »
RTG Urges FCC to Hold AT&T/Qualcomm Applications In Abeyance
Qualcomm Deal Must Wait Until T-Mobile Deal Fully Resolved
Today, the Rural Telecommunications Group (RTG) requested that the FCC withhold taking any action on the AT&T/Qualcomm applications pending final resolution of the AT&T/T-Mobile transaction. Earlier this… Read More »
RTG Applauds FCC’s Release of Report on AT&T’s Proposed Takeover of T-Mobile
The Rural Telecommunications Group (RTG) commends the FCC’s decision earlier today to release a comprehensive report documenting why AT&T’s proposed takeover of T-Mobile will result in public interest harms that vastly outweigh potential benefits. While the Commission has agreed to… Read More »
