Competition
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 »
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 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 »
