Ctia

Trade association representing the wireless industry.

Based in DC

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AI Overview

With $1.4M in lobbying spend across 32 quarterly filings, Ctia is a significant lobbying presence. Their lobbying covers 1 issue area. Active from 2018 to 2025.

$1.4M
Total Spend
8
Years Active
1
Firms Hired
1
Lobbyists Deployed
1
Issues Lobbied

Spending Trend

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YearLobbying Spend
2018$180K
2019$180K
2020$160K
2021$190K
2022$160K
2023$170K
2024$200K
2025$200K

Issues Lobbied

Telecommunications

Lobbying Firms

Carpenter Strategic Consulting LLC

Lobbyists

Jot Carpenter

What They Lobby About

These are actual descriptions from their quarterly lobbying disclosure filings, summarizing what they lobbied Congress and federal agencies about.Issue areas: Telecommunications

  • •H.R. 4953, the AIRWAVES Act
  • •S. 1682, the AIRWAVES Act
  • •H.R. 4842, the Streamlining Permitting to Enable Efficient Deployment of Broadband Infrastructure Act, aka the SPEED Act
  • •S. 1988, the Streamlining
  • •Issues related to spectrum policy and American leadership in 5G
  • •Issues related to the deployment of wireless infrastructure
  • •Issues related to the need for a comprehensive Federal privacy regime
  • •Issues

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Last updated: February 2026

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