WISPA ANNOUNCEMENTS

WISPA president and CEO, Claude Aiken, addressed a packed WISPAPALOOZA audience today, praising the WISP industry's strong growth and community service built on delivering broadband to underserved rural Americans.  

Michelle Christian, SBA National Director Office of Rural Affairs, will Keynote WISPAPALOOZA 2019 and will address access to capital and right-sizing regulations for small businesses, among other important issues to WISPs.  

Claude Aiken formally opens WISPA's annual WISPAPALOOZA conference being held in Las Vegas, NV, Monday, October 14th through Friday, October 18th.

WISPAMERICA 2020 will be held at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel, Dallas, Texas, March 16 – 19, 2020.  The annual three-day event features presentations from leading industry experts, informative classes and training sessions, vendor solutions, policy briefings, networking and a whole lot more for those in the fixed wireless industry ecosystem.

Washington, DC, July 9, 2019 – WISPA announced Dave Giles, Todd Harpest and Daniel White as the winners of its 2019 Board of Directors election.  White, Harpest and Giles will serve a three-year term ending in 2022, and are replacing previous Board Members Dennis Burgess, Garth Nicholas, and Mike Whelan.

WISPA hires Christina Mason who will lead the advocacy efforts of the association before Capitol Hill, and work to give voice on the Hill to WISPA’s 800 members regarding the policy challenges of delivering fixed wireless Internet services to nearly four million, mainly rural Americans. 

The Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA) announces the hiring of Mike Wendy to lead the association’s policy and grassroots communications efforts.  In this capacity, Mike will work to advance the advocacy of the fixed wireless industry among local and national press outlets, and help its more than 800 members speak effectively to policymakers about the challenges they face bringing high-speed Internet to nearly four million, mainly rural Americans.

Many rural Americans rely on unlicensed spectrum for their broadband connection. But that spectrum is becoming noisy and crowded, and with licensed spectrum locked up by larger providers, small fixed wireless broadband providers who want to offer uncapped high-speed service find themselves with limited ability to do so. It is critical for rural broadband that more outdoor-friendly unlicensed spectrum be made available. Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (“WISPA”) is pleased to support the Commission’s efforts to make available 1200 megahertz of spectrum in the 6 GHz band for unlicensed use.

WISPA is looking for members to join one of several committees or become a state coordinator to support our growing advocacy and educational efforts. If you can contribute your insights and a relatively small amount of time, it can have a huge impact on our industry and very likely your own professional satisfaction. If interested, please contact the committee chair listed herein.

The office will reopen Monday morning at 8:30AM EST.