NTCA, RWA Continue to Promote the Advancement of Rural Broadband

In a videoconference and follow up letter, the Rural Wireless Association (RWA) and NTCA – the Rural Broadband Association, urged the FCC to “establish a 5G Fund for Rural America…

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Controversy Erupts over Broadband Deployment Data Collection

The continuing rift between Democrat and Republican commissioners at the FCC reared its head again during the Commission’s proceeding to launch its 2021 Broadband Deployment Report. The FCC’s Notice of…

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CARES to Fund Rural Broadband?

A bipartisan coalition of thirty U.S. Representatives, headed by Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.), has written a letter to ranking House and Senate leaders, asking that CARES Act…

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NTCA, WTA, USTelecom to Congress: Do Not Eliminate ETC Designation at This Time

In a recent letter to Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), and Representatives Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) and Greg Walden (R-Ore.), the three major broadband associations representing rural carriers…

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Gary Neill

It is with great sadness that we must write of the passing of Gary Neill, a long-time partner with ICORE, and a friend to all who knew him. Gary was…

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Reassigned Numbers Database (RND)

The FCC released an Order December 2018 to address unwanted Robocalls. The Order established the Reassigned Numbers Database (RND). The RND Database will contain an inventory of the most recent…

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