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convention 2011 The 2011 annual convention will be held at Harvey's Lake Tahoe, August 16-18, 2011. Hot August Nights classic car show will be held in Reno through August 14th. Mark your calendar and extend your vacation! Innovative Systems Announces Sales Director Promotion OPASTCO Urges Reform of Retransmission Consent; It Is a Broadband Issue
OPASTCO released a statement
following the News Corp. blackout of Cablevision customers on Saturday, Oct. 16,
which included both News Corp. cable television programming and Internet
content. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) issued statements responding to the blackout. For more information, please contact Steve Pastorkovich, OPASTCO's director of business development and senior policy analyst, at sfp@opastco.org or 202/659-0715. Video Update: Vital for the Bundle, Vital for Broadband OPASTCO Files Reply Comments with FCC in Support of RoR Regulation, Expansion of USF Contribution Base to Include All Broadband Providers Deadline for One-Business Day Porting is Feb. 2, 2011 Deadline for small carriers to comply with the one-business day porting of simple wireline and simple intermodal port requests is February 2, 2011. On May 13, 2009, the Commission adopted a Report and Order (the Porting Interval Order) reducing the porting interval for all entities subject to its local number portability (LNP) rules from four business days to one business day for simple wireline-to-wireline and simple intermodal port requests. Under the LNP rules, all providers follow the standardized fields, provisioning flows, and mandatory business hours. While most carriers were required to implement simple wireline and intermodal ports by August 2, 2010, small providers were given an additional six months to comply. Any carrier that will not be able to meet this requirement should evaluate the possibility of obtaining a waiver or modification of the requirement. It is not expected that the FCC or state commission will be easily persuaded to grant relief from the Feb. 2 deadline, and carriers should make every effort to implement the new porting requirement (and carefully document their efforts to do so). (Source: BloostonLaw) NECA - Members’ real-life examples illustrate the state of business broadband FCC Announces Formation of the Technological Advisory Council; OPASTCO's John McHugh Appointed The FCC announced the formation of the Technological Advisory Council (TAC), which will help the Commission identify opportunities for innovation and develop informed technology policies supporting domestic job creation and America's competitiveness in the global economy. Among the topics that TAC expects to consider are recommendations made in the National Broadband Plan regarding broadband's role in job creation, education, energy conservation, and the delivery and cost-containment of health care. For more information, please contact John McHugh, OPASTCO's technical director and TAC representative, at jtm@opastco.org or 202/833-2775. FCC Releases White Paper on Mobile Broadband Spectrum The FCC published "Mobile Broadband: The Benefits of Additional Spectrum," a white paper detailing technical and economic forecasts of mobile broadband market trends. The Commission notes that the National Broadband Plan recognizes the exponential growth of mobile data usage and recommends that the FCC make available 500 MHz of new spectrum for wireless broadband within 10 years. Both the full report and its highlights are available from the FCC website. CPNI Clarification Issued by FCC
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FCC Proposes To Draw From
USF Funds To Support Its New "Mobility Fund" At last week’s open meeting, the FCC adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking comment on using reserves accumulated in the Universal Service Fund (USF) to create a new Mobility Fund. According to the Commission, the purpose of the Mobility Fund is to significantly improve coverage of current-generation or better mobile voice and Internet service for consumers in areas where such coverage is currently missing, and to do so by supporting private investment. The Mobility Fund would use market mechanisms – specifically, a reverse auction – to make one-time support available to service providers to "cost-effectively" extend mobile coverage in specified unserved areas, the FCC says. This approach raises several issues, including whether small and rural carriers will be put at a major disadvantage vis a vis nationwide carriers in any reverse auction, and whether the reverse auction mechanism will reward installation of lower quality and less advanced technology. A question is also raised as to how the Mobility Fund will fit into the bigger USF picture, and whether the funds are better spent in other ways. Click on the headline for more information. (BloostonLaw 10-20-10) national Broadband plaN - USF Reform National Broadband Plan advocacy efforts Communications Tools: Intercarrier Compensation (ICC) Position Paper outlining rural association action plan for streamlined reform approach. Contains proposed steps for simple, near-term ICC reforms to create solid foundation for broader reforms. For policy-maker visits: one-page document on ICC to use as a leave-behind following your visits or contacts. Rate-of-Return (RoR) Regulation Position Paper supporting why the framework should be used as a model for broadband deployment. Highlights proven record of RoR and explains how it can be effective for supporting broadband. For policy-maker visits: one-page document on RoR regualtion to use as a leave-behind following your visits or contacts.
Avoiding a Digital Divide one page document for policy-maker visits
Consumer-focused video highlighting the disparity of speed goals
between urban and rural America Resolution that organizations in your community can pass to show their support for our advocacy efforts Slide Shows
What's New at BroadbandUSA.gov
RUS has posted a list of Project Summaries for all Last Mile, Middle Mile, and Satellite awards made under the Broadband Initiatives Program. Connected Nation-Nevada - Designee for the State of Nevada
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November 4, 2010 -
US Telecom
Free Webinar: Election 2010: Winners, Losers and What it Means for Telecom
, Thursday, November 4, 2010 - 3:00 PM ET
Online. This free webinar reviews the
post-election legislative landscape in Washington, the overall election
results, the future make-up of the House and Senate, and the impact for
the communications industry.
November 9-11, 2010 - TelcoTV 2010, Venetian Resort
Hotel/Casino, Las Vegas, NV
http://www.lightreading.com/live/event_information.asp?event_id=29388
November 14-17, 2010 - NARUC 122nd Annual Conference, "Keeping
the Focus: Serving the Consumer Interest in Changing Times," Omni at CNN
Center, Atlanta, GA
http://annual.narucmeetings.org/
December 8, 2010 - Fiber to the Home (FTTH) Council, “The Future
of Video, Telcos and Smart Grid: Going for the Gigabit," Arizona Biltmore
Hotel - Phoenix. To register and for more information,
click here.
January 11-15, 2011 - NTCA Wireless
Symposium, Hyatt Savannah, Savannah, GA,
www.ntca.org/events
Seminar Series for 2010
October 2010 September 2010 August 2010
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