A Northwest Missouri business leader testified to Congress this week about the issue’s facing his industry.

NorthwestCell General manager Roger Bundridge testified Wednesday in Washington as part of the Rural Cellular Association.  

Bundridge discussed the need for support to upgrade and manage small cellular networks in rural areas. Bungdridge says congress must support rural cellular networks to provide service to otherwise underserved locations.  

NorthwestCell is based in Maryville and has served Northwest Missouri for more than 20 years.  The company recently started planning a 4G-LTE network upgrade.