NTCA supported a petition by NTCH asking the FCC...

NTCA supported a petition by NTCH asking the FCC to require carriers to publicly disclose roaming rates agreed to in privately negotiated commercial contracts (CD Aug 20 p7). In a filing, NTCA said its members offer “a wide range of wireless services to their customers,” with all respondents to its latest survey saying they offer their wireless customers voice mail and text messaging (http://bit.ly/1oRl8ar). “These carriers face significant challenges, the ability to access wholesale mobile wireless roaming services at reasonable rates chief among them,” NTCA said. More than half of NTCA members that tried to negotiate data roaming or in-market roaming agreements with other providers categorize the experience as “moderately to extremely difficult,” the group said. The comment was filed in docket 05-265 and posted by the FCC Wednesday.