WISPA NEWS

It’s time for members to elect the leaders that will help chart WISPA’s course over the coming years.

In new comments filed at the FCC, WISPA urges the Commission to reform broadband subsidies by rethinking its assumptions about all-fiber deployments in rural areas that underpin its cost model. WISPA also supports the goal of moving away from the current “100% overlap” trigger for phase-out of support for rate-of-return incumbents, and advocates for a simple reverse auction mechanism that makes support available to a broader range of providers once a lower competitive benchmark is reached.

WISPA President Claude Aiken will be joining Dennis Burgess to talk about what's going on at WISPA on the ISP Radio show at 11 am Central today (Wednesday).

For the 8th year, WISPA is bringing together Internet Service Providers, industry experts and leading suppliers for #WISPAPALOOZA2018 in Las Vegas.

In observance of Memorial Day, WISPA office will be closed on Monday, May 28th, 2018. We will resume normal business hours Tuesday, May 29th at 8:30 am (EST).

A proposed rule change before the Federal Communications Commission for spectrum licenses in the 3.5 GHz band presents a clear choice between the needs of the few and the needs of the many—though with some complications.

WifiForward, a coalition of companies, organizations and public sector institutions, released a new economic report, which finds that the value of unlicensed spectrum to the U.S. economy has grown by 129% since 2013.

New open Internet transparency obligations go into effect on June 11, and the new rules require more detailed disclosures to consumers than what has been required since 2015. It is critical that broadband providers understand the rules and how they can comply, and avoid FCC and FTC enforcement action.

Washington, DC – A large, diverse coalition representing thousands of companies and organizations – including the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA) – today proposed a compromise approach to the licensing of Priority Access Licenses (PALs) in the Citizens Broadband Radio Service spectrum band (CBRS, 3550-3700 MHz).

Once again, AT&T has attempted to mislead the FCC into believing that licensing Priority Access Licenses (PALs) by census tracts in the CBRS band poses deployment difficulties; and once again, WISPA is compelled to set the record straight.