WISPA NEWS

Below is a list of WISPA press releases and news articles about the Association and Industry.

WISPA’s Trina Coffey Promoted to Vice President of Events & Operations

PRESS RELEASE

Dale Curtis / Friday, April 20, 2018 0 692 Article rating: No rating

Washington, DC – Trina Coffey, the longest-serving and best-known staff member at the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA), has been promoted to the position of Vice President of Events and Operations, effective immediately.

Mignon Clyburn Stepping Down as FCC Commissioner

PRESS RELEASE

Claude Aiken / Tuesday, April 17, 2018 0 178 Article rating: No rating

Today, Commissioner Mignon Clyburn announced her plans to step down from the Federal Communications Commission after eight years on the job.

DC event to focus on “spectrum as infrastructure” in rural America

Livestream Event

Webmaster / Tuesday, April 17, 2018 0 164 Article rating: No rating

An upcoming event in Washington, DC will feature WISPA’s Claude Aiken on the issue of “spectrum as infrastructure” for rural broadband. Please note you must RSVP if you want to join the livestream on April 24.

WISPAMERICA 2018 RECAP PAGE

Trina Coffey / Friday, April 13, 2018 0 0 Article rating: No rating

ICYMI: Check out the official show guide and dailies, photo gallery, select session videos and more!

WISPA Joins in Litigation Over “Open Internet” Rules

Dale Curtis / Friday, April 06, 2018 0 196 Article rating: 1.0

Today WISPA joined with a variety of business and consumer groups in supporting the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in a court case over the agency’s recently adopted “net neutrality” rules.

STATE OF WISPA ADDRESS BY CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD CHUCK HOGG

VIDEO

Trina Coffey / Wednesday, April 04, 2018 0 182 Article rating: No rating

Streamed live from WISPAMERICA 2018 in Birmingham, Alabama.

NATIONAL SPECTRUM ADVISOR RICHARD BERNHARDT AT WISPAMERICA 2018

VIDEO

Trina Coffey / Wednesday, April 04, 2018 0 172 Article rating: 5.0

THANK YOU FOR MAKING WISPAMERICA 2018 A SUCCESS

VIDEO

Trina Coffey / Wednesday, April 04, 2018 0 168 Article rating: No rating

RUS Announces Availability of Broadband Grants and Loans

LINKS

Claude Aiken / Tuesday, April 03, 2018 0 384 Article rating: No rating

In two Federal Register publications this month, the Rural Utilities Service announced that it would be accepting applications for the Rural Broadband Access Loans and Loan Guarantees Program, and the Community Connect grant program. These programs make low-cost loans and grants available to construct broadband networks in areas that do not currently have broadband service. More information can be found at the RUS website.

Reprinted with permission of TR Daily

Webmaster / Tuesday, March 27, 2018 0 522 Article rating: No rating

The Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA) announced today that it has hired its first full-time president and chief executive officer, Claude Aiken, who left the FCC last week as wireline legal adviser to Commissioner Mignon L. Clyburn (TR Daily, March 22). Mr. Aiken will be based in Washington and started his new position today.

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2016
Date		Title
December 16, 2016		Wireless Internet Service Providers Extremely Disappointed by FCC’s Inaction on Small Business Exemption
December 13, 2016		WISPAclips: News from Around the Internet - 12/13/16
December 5, 2016		Wireless Internet Service Providers Raise Concerns About Impacts of AT&T-Time Warner Merger; Call On Federal Authorities to Reject It
November 7, 2016		WISPAclips: News from Around the Internet - 11/07/16
October 27, 2016		Fixed Wireless Broadband Providers Appreciate FCC’S Sensitivity to Small Broadband Providers in New Consumer Privacy Rules
October 13, 2016		Fixed Wireless Industry Poised for Robust Growth and Greater Policy Activism (WISPAPALOOZA Wrapup)
September 20, 2016		WISPA Teams with METAvivor for Pink Day at WISPAPALOOZA
August 12, 2016		WISPA Elects New Officers and Board Members for 2016-2017 T erm
August 10, 2016		Wireless Internet Service Providers Applaud Federal Court Decision on Municipal Broadband
July 25, 2016		A Growing Consensus That the FCC Must Change Course on Privacy
June 15, 2016		Wireless Internet Service Providers Welcome Senate Committee Vote to Protect Small Businesses and Rural Americans
June 14, 2016		Wireless Internet Service Providers Disappointed by Court's Decision Upholding FCC Regulations
June 8, 2016		Experts to FCC: Change Course on Broadband Privacy Rules
May 25, 2016		Small Internet Service Providers Applaud FCC Action to Promote Broadband Build-Out in Under-Served A reas
May 19, 2016		New Overtime Rules Affect Small Businesses
March 16, 2016		Wireless Internet Service Providers Praise the U.S. House for Protecting Small Businesses and Rural Americans
February 25, 2016		House Committee Action Paves Way to Progress in Full House and Senate
January 12, 2016		WISPA Asks Congress For ISP Small Business Regulatory Certainty

2015
Date		Title
December 16, 2015		WISPA Hails FCC Decision Extending Small Business Relief
November 20, 2015		WISPA Applauds House of Representatives for Support of Small Business Exemption from New Open Internet Disclosure
October 6, 2015		WISPA Appoints New Committee Chairpersons, Officers and Welcomes Elected Board of Directors
August 13, 2015		WISPA Responds to FCC’s Unlicensed TV Band Spectrum Ruling
June 29, 2015		(Wireless Week) - WISPA: Wi-Fi, LTE-U Coexistence Requires More than Just “Benign Intentions”
June 2, 2015		The FCC’s Extension of U-NII Compliance Deadline Benefits WISPA and The Fixed Wireless Industry
May 19, 2015		WISPA Meets With Policymakers on Capitol Hill
May 12, 2015		WISPA Holds Policy Summit in Washington D.C.
May 5, 2015		WISPA Board Member Appointed to FCC Consumer Advisory Committee
May 1, 2015		WISPA Asks FCC to Stay Title II and Internet Conduct Rules
April 28, 2015		WISPA Files For Court Review of FCC’s Open Internet Order
April 17, 2015		WISPA Applauds the FCC’s New Spectrum Sharing Ruling
March 2, 2015		WISPAmerica 2015 Surpasses Attendance Record
February 26, 2015		Municipal Broadband Ruling by FCC Jeopardizes Private Sector Investments
February 26, 2015		Open Internet Ruling Receives Mixed Reaction from the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association
February 25, 2015		WISPA Comments on the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Hearing
February 10, 2015		FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly to Keynote at WISPAmerica 2015
February 4, 2015		WISPA Urges Regulators to Defer Vote on Net Neutrality Rules
January 21, 2015		WISPA Responds to State of the Union
January 5, 2015		New WISPA Website and Member Portal Coming Soon!