The FCC is preparing to vote at its Aug. 4 meeting on a controver...
The FCC is preparing to vote at its Aug. 4 meeting on a controversial order that would impose reporting requirements on wireless carriers. Commissioners received a proposed order this week, we have learned. While all the details are not…
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clear, industry sources said they have been told it will impose a number of requirements laid out in a rulemaking strongly opposed by wireline and wireless carriers (CD May 27 p1). Wireless carriers told the FCC a requirement that they file information on service outages could harm national security. One wireless carrier source said the information requirement could be the start of the FCC’s delving deeper into service quality issues. The Dept. of Homeland Security has suggested that reports be kept on file at the Information Sharing & Analysis Center in the National Coordinating Center for Telecommunications, not at the FCC.