RTG Briefings
RTG regurarly provides briefings on proposed FCC rules and legislation affecting the rural wireless industry. RTG members should contact James Mardis for a copy of a briefing on the following issues.
FCC Amends TV “White Spaces” Rules
The FCC has released a Second Memorandum Opinion and Order that upholds the majority of prior decisions from an earlier report and order while at the same time clarifying some rules concerning:
unlicensed TV Bands Devices (TVBDs),
a TV Bands… Read More »
FCC Begins Process of Dismantling Traditional USF Mechanism
As one of the first steps in the National Broadband Plan (NBP), the FCC has released a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) and a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to decimate the current, high-cost universal service mechanism. It is questionable… Read More »
FCC Eliminates “In Market” Roaming Exception; Seeks Comment On Data Roaming
In a huge reversal of its 2007 roaming order adopted under former FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, the Genachowski FCC has eliminated the home roaming exception and adopted a presumption in favor of fair roaming practices. Any CMRS carrier that is… Read More »
