Archive for the Tag ‘Auction’

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 »

RTG statement on inclusion of 4G services in the FCC’s proposed Mobility Fund

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RTG is concerned that the FCC’s inclusion of 4G services in its proposed Mobility Fund, when many areas of the country currently lack 3G services, is overly ambitious considering the limited size of the proposed Mobility Fund. “The Mobility Fund… Read More »

FCC’s Auctions & Spectrum Access Division Chief, Margie Wiener, to speak on the Mobility Fund

Ms. Wiener will discuss the creation of a Mobility Fund as recommended in the National Broadband Plan at the RICA/RTG Fall Forum this November. RTG has emphasized… Read More »

RTG Applauds Obama Administration Support For FCC Spectrum Plan

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Washington, D.C. – The Rural Telecommunications Group, Inc. (RTG), a trade association representing small, rural wireless carriers, applauds President Obama for issuing a Presidential Memorandum to help unleash 500 megahertz of spectrum for wireless broadband use in support of the… Read More »

RTG joins others in filing analysis recommending devices support communications in all paired 700 MHz broadband blocks

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RTG joined with MetroPCS, Sprint, T-Mobile, RCA, U.S. Cellular, Cellular South, Xanadoo, Access Spectrum, and Triad 700 in filing a 700 MHz Band Analysis (the Analysis) prepared by the technical consulting firm Wireless Strategy. The Analysis… Read More »