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Tuesday, May 21, 2013   (0 Comments - view/add)
IUB Issues Order Requiring Tariff Filing for LECs »
Today, May 21st, the IUB issued an Informational Order entitled " Order Regarding Intrastate Access Tariff Filings " that identifies a number of provisions in...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013   (0 Comments - view/add)
Study Area Mapping Project Update »
As reported previously, the IUB has agreed to prepare and file the electronic study area boundary maps that are required to be filed with the...
Tuesday, April 16, 2013   (0 Comments - view/add)
IUB Electronic Mapping Process Begins »
On Friday, the IUB notified the FCC that it will file study area boundaries for most of the 150 incumbent local exchange carriers (ILEC) operating...
Tuesday, April 16, 2013   (0 Comments - view/add)
IUB Grants ITA Waiver; May 1st ETC Reporting Deadlines Delayed to July 1st »
This afternoon, the IUB issued an Order granting a Request for Waiver filed by ITA regarding the ETC reports due May 1st.    ITA filed...
Friday, April 12, 2013   (1 Comment - view/add)
Iowa Supreme Court Rules against Qwest on Personal Property Assessments »
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that the Department of Revenues rules imposing a tax on Qwest’s personal property/central office equipment but not on that of...
Thursday, March 28, 2013   (0 Comments - view/add)
ITA Professional Development Program »
In response to a number of requests from members asking ITA to consider offering a variety of Professional Development Programs, the ITA Board has authorized...
Thursday, March 28, 2013   (0 Comments - view/add)
Rich Poland Receives Lifetime Achievement Award »
Rich Poland of HunTel Engineering received the ITA Tech Training Lifetime Achievement award at the conference on Thursday, March 21st.  ITA President Dave Duncan presented...
Thursday, February 21, 2013   (0 Comments - view/add)
ITA Economic Impact Study »
As discussed in earlier ITA mailings, an ITA work group along with Wichita State University and several accountants and consultants who serve ITA members are...
Thursday, January 17, 2013   (0 Comments - view/add)
ITA Tariff Special Report »
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Wednesday, October 03, 2012   (0 Comments - view/add)
ITA Board of Directors 2012 Voting and Annual Meeting Notice »
ITA Board of Directors 2012 Voting Instructions We are pleased to announce the opening of our online election process for the 2012 ITA Board of...
Wednesday, September 26, 2012   (0 Comments - view/add)
ITA Assists Members with Call Termination/Call Completion Problems »
ITA Meets with OCA on Call Completion  ITA members continue to register complaints that their customers are not receiving toll calls from health clinics, businesses...
Tuesday, September 18, 2012   (0 Comments - view/add)
ITA Tariff Committee Updates Model Local Exchange Service Tariff »
Continuing our long-standing service to ITA members, the ITA Tariff Committee has updated a number of provisions in the ITA Model Telephone Tariff Local Services...
Thursday, August 23, 2012   (0 Comments - view/add)
Nominees Sought for 2012 ITA Board of Directors Election »
The ITA Nominating Committee is seeking nominations from the ITA membership to serve on the ITA Board of Directors. This is a great opportunity to...
Tuesday, June 12, 2012   (0 Comments - view/add)
IUB Issues Informational Order on ETC Filings »
As predicted in Friday’s ITA Update , the IUB issued an Order yesterday to provide guidance to Iowa ETCs on how to comply with the...
Friday, May 25, 2012   (0 Comments - view/add)
Wireless Termination Update »
There have been quite a few developments on the Wireless Termination front in the last week, including two ITA Special Reports containing information and links...
Friday, May 18, 2012   (0 Comments - view/add)
ITA Distributes Access Tariff Filing Template »
As reported in the May 9th ITA Special Report, an IUB Order issued on May 7th entitled " In Re: FCC Compliance Filings – Intrastate Access...
Friday, May 11, 2012   (0 Comments - view/add)
Revised Lifeline Certification Form, Brochure and Advertisement Available »
ITA has been working for several weeks with the IUB to update the Iowa Lifeline brochure and Iowa Lifeline Assistance Certification Form for use by...
Friday, December 30, 2011   (0 Comments - view/add)
Ross Vernon Passing »
ITA regrets to inform you that ITA Honorary Member Ross Vernon passed away on December 29, 2011.  Ross Vernon was ITA Board President from 1956 to...
Thursday, October 20, 2011   (0 Comments - view/add)
ITA Members Poised to File Property Tax Protests »
Most ITA members should have received the final property tax assessments distributed by the Iowa Department of Revenue on or about October 15th.     ITA...
Friday, September 09, 2011   (0 Comments - view/add)
Notice of ITA Annual Meeting of the Membership »
The Annual Meeting of the Membership of the Iowa Telecommunications Association will be held at 1:15 pm on Monday, November 7, 2011 at the Des...
Wednesday, September 07, 2011   (0 Comments - view/add)
Property Tax Update »
Most ITA members received preliminary assessments for property taxes on September 1 st . We have been advised that the new assessments continue to assess...
Wednesday, August 31, 2011   (0 Comments - view/add)
US Department of Justice Sues to Block AT&T/T-Mobile Merger »
Today, the United States Department of Justice has sued to block AT&T's proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile. The Justice Department said in its suit...
Friday, August 26, 2011   (0 Comments - view/add)
Polk County Judge Rules Qwest’s Property Tax Assessments Unconstitutional »
Polk County Judge Joel Novak ruled in favor of Qwest in its claim that Iowa law relating to taxation of personal property is unconstitutional as...

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