Members of the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association are active providers...
Members of the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association are active providers of both fixed and mobile wireless services, contrary to an assertion made by Sprint Nextel in its reply comments regarding USF contribution reform, NTCA said in a letter Monday (http://xrl.us/bnkk2v).…
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Sprint had asserted that NTCA’s arguments regarding assessing text messaging services should be disregarded because “none [of those parties] provide wireless services,” NTCA said, quoting Sprint’s comments. “In fact, sixty-one percent of NTCA members responding to an association survey in 2011 indicated that they provide wireless service to consumers,” NTCA said. The association hoped its letter would correct the “factual misunderstanding."