FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn made a virtual appearance at the 2013 MTA Annual Convention. In this interview, NTCA president and CEO Shirley Bloomfield recaps the conversation that she and MTA president/CEO, Brent Christensen, had with Commissioner Clyburn. Regulatory uncertainty caused by the FCC order, naked DSL, call completion, the importance of fiber to making wireless work, small markets compared to large markets, video programming access issues are some of the topics covered in the above interview.

She also talks about how the unification of NTCA with OPASTCO has helped them  increase their scope of work and allowed them to address issues faster than when the two organizations were separate. She praised the leaders and members of both organizations for their vision and effort in making unification successful.