Hearings

Ensuring Intermodal USF Support for Rural America

February 4, 2016
10:30 AM

U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), chair of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet, will hold a hearing on future funding for rural communications on Thursday, February 4, at 10:30 a.m.
 
The hearing will examine the Federal Communications Commission’s Universal Service Mobility Fund and Connect America Fund, with particular emphasis on which entities and technologies should be eligible to receive support.
 
Witnesses:
 
- Mr. Darrington Seward, Managing Partner, Seward and Son Planting Company

- Mr. Steven K. Berry, President & CEO, Competitive Carriers Association (CCA)

- Mr. Jimmy Carr, CEO, All Points Broadband, testifying on behalf of Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA)

- Mr. Michael Rapelyea, Vice President for Government Affairs, ViaSat, Inc.

- LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr., Chairman, U.S. Cellular

* Witness list subject to change

Hearing Details:
 
Thursday, February 4, 2016
10:30 a.m.
 
Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet hearing
 
This hearing will take place in Senate Russell Office Building, Room 253. Witness testimony, opening statements, and a live video of the hearing will be available on www.commerce.senate.gov.

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Testimony