Industry Development

CCA’s Industry Development Programs were developed to provide business solutions and partnership opportunities for the benefit of the entire CCA membership. The programs are designed to provide solutions to the top challenges identified by CCA carrier members and let associate members know of carrier members’ priorities.

CCA’s industry development programs ensure that carrier members are informed and knowledgeable about the solutions associate members can deliver to help solve their most pressing industry challenges. These programs also seek to bring new partnerships and sponsorships to the annual events to ensure new and competitive business solutions are showcased before competitive carriers and wireless stakeholders.

Industry Development Programs

CCA and UNITEL have partnered to give CCA members exclusive access to a comprehensive insurance program, including a broad employee benefits portfolio. Benefits for CCA members include: preferred pricing; extended rate guarantees; in-depth, needs-based benefit consultation; flexible benefit options; and, customized programs available for 20+ employees.

• Employer-paid and voluntary benefits

• Property and casualty

• Risk management services

• Claims advocacy

• Transactional insurance

Program Details

CCA’s Data Services Hub is an advanced 4G roaming ecosystem that supports scale, provides interoperability across multiple vendor variants and protocols, including LTE, and preserves the flexibility of operator choice.

The Hub enables competitive carriers to work cooperatively to expand and improve consumer access throughout the country, and additionally provides a single point of international interconnection for LTE and next-generation data services. For smaller carriers, the Hub provides a platform to streamline roaming technology to help expand their networks to a nationwide footprint to better compete with the largest two carriers.

Hub participants are required to sign only one agreement with TNS and will have one connection to the Hub.

This strategic partnership with Tillman Infrastructure provides CCA members with preferred terms and an expedited process for collocation on Tillman’s national portfolio of assets. In addition to Tillman Infrastructure, the fastest organically growing tower company in the US, CCA members can tap into Tillman Global Holdings affiliates – Tillman Networks, a provider of turnkey deployment services for wireless and fixed networks, and, Tillman Digital Cities, a one-stop-shop of inbuilding connectivity as a service.

CCA and NetNumber established a technology and marketing engagement program to provide a complete solution for CCA carrier members to cost-effectively mitigate unwanted robocalls. NetNumber’s Guaranteed Caller Service Provider (GCSP) solution delivers a complete STIR/SHAKEN solution for the signing and verification of known trusted calls allowing CCA members to ensure that the calls of their legitimate subscribers travel inside the STIR/SHAKEN trusted network. NetNumber provides preferred pricing for CCA members.

Partner to access iCODE to deliver A2P messages (short codes, 10DLC (long codes), and toll free text) back and forth from the brands to subscribers and vice versa. Special and discounted pricing models for CCA carrier members.

This alliance is set to empower CCA carrier members with access to AwareX's cutting-edge digital customer engagement solutions. AwareX delivers a comprehensive suite of products and services tailored to the unique needs of the telecom sector. At the heart of their offerings is the AwareX Agora™ Engagement Hub, a cloud-native platform designed to revolutionize digital customer journeys. Additionally, AwareX provides essential enablement services and advisory solutions to ensure seamless implementation and continuous optimization for carriers.

Competitive Carriers Association (CCA) and CostQuest Associates have partnered to make CostQuest’s enhanced BroadbandFabric data available to CCA members at exclusive member pricing. Through the CCA Partnership, CostQuest is offering CCA Members:

Aggregated Fabric Data is distributed at the Census Block Group (CBG) level. This data is aggregated at the H3-8 level and gives users access to the same Fabric data at a higher geographic level than the location-level data.
BroadbandFabric location-level data at a 10% discount off list pricing.

Want to learn more about CCA's IDPs?
Contact Kim Caronchi, CCA's Vice President of Industry Development.

Business Innovation Group (BIG)

CCA’s Business Innovation Group is a carrier-only working group chaired by three members of the CCA Board of Directors. The BIG was designed as a vehicle to collaborate, educate, and share technological and business solutions among carrier members. All BIG activities are conducted in compliance with CCA's antitrust policy.

How to Join the BIG

All CCA carrier members are invited to participate in the BIG. Some carriers have multiple individuals participating as the topics the BIG covers can range from technical to operational to marketing and customer-focused solutions. Individuals on the BIG have agreed to receive invitations to review and evaluate associate member presentations and solutions, and in some cases, may be asked to provide input based on individual business and technical experiences. The BIG also meets face-to-face twice per year at CCA's annual events.

Join the BIG Committee

Mark Naze

BIG Committee Co-Chair

Cellcom

Maureen McCabe Moore

Big Committee Co-Chair

GCI

Slayton Stewart
BIG Committee Co-Chair

Carolina West Wireless

Kim Caronchi

SVP, Industry Development & Membership

CCA

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24 Apr, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Competitive Carriers Association President and CEO Tim Donovan made the following statement: “CCA commends U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH), Vice Chair Randy Weber (R-TX), and Senators Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) for leading a letter to Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel regarding the 5G Fund. We thank the additional eight Members of Congress who joined them. The importance of getting the 5G Fund right for rural America cannot be overstated. This program will replace key components of the High-Cost Fund and become the only federal funding program focused on mobility. It will determine if rural Americans maintain mobile services and gain access to ubiquitous 5G connectivity. As the Members of Congress stated, the ‘5G Fund should preserve and expand next-generation mobile wireless services in rural America’ because ‘[all] Americans deserve the opportunities that 5G service will bring to their lives.’ To do so, the FCC must recognize the criticality of leveraging BEAD-funded fiber and fixed wireless projects and basing eligibility and funding decisions on accurate mapping data. Otherwise, rural areas will be left behind and will miss out on vital connectivity opportunities – or worse, lose access to coverage available today only because of USF support. CCA will continue work with Congress and the FCC to maximize the reach and efficiency of the 5G Fund and to ensure that the data used for 5G Fund decisions is the highest quality possible.” A link to the letter can be found here. For more information about CCA and its policy priorities, please visit ccamobile.org. ### About Competitive Carriers Association Competitive Carriers Association (CCA) is the leading association for competitive wireless providers and stakeholders across the United States. Members range from small, rural carriers serving fewer than 5,000 customers to regional and nationwide providers serving millions of customers, as well as vendors and suppliers that provide products and services throughout the wireless communications ecosystem.