The National Telecommunications Cooperative Association today became the third reported organization to challenge the FCC’s recent Universal Service and

The two leading trade associations representing the interests of rural and independent telcos have decided to launch the Rural Telecom Industry Meeting & EXPO.

Organizations that won broadband stimulus awards from the Rural Utilities Service could have more time to complete their projects.

The NTCA has asked the FCC to conduct a public workshop and to issue a policy statement on call routing and termination problems in rural America.

Rural telcos are taking increased interest in offering wireless service, as new research from the NTCA released this week illustrates.

Blair Levin suggested that the business model of rural broadband is fundamentally flawed and the national broadband plan, while not perfect, is trying to fix it
