Intel agreed to pay $144,000 and implement a...
Intel agreed to pay $144,000 and implement a three-year compliance plan to resolve an investigation into whether Intel employees had tested prototype smartphones and tablets before the FCC certified them, the FCC Enforcement Bureau said Wednesday. Intel had imported devices…
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in question for its business customers so they could “develop their own devices for potential sale to the general public,” the bureau said. Intel also admitted exceeding import quotas and displaying a device model at a trade show without the required notice to potential customers and the public that it had not yet been authorized by the commission, the bureau said. “The Commission’s rules impose restrictions and conditions on these activities to ensure that unauthorized devices are not prematurely distributed to retailers and then sold to the general public,” the bureau said (http://bit.ly/1o9DFdo). “These devices, if not in full compliance with the Commission’s technical requirements, could cause harmful interference to other electronics and radio communications devices.” “After an in-depth study and working with the FCC’s Spectrum Enforcement Division, Intel and the FCC have reached an agreement on a Consent Decree to address the policy exceptions made by Intel’s staff,” emailed a company spokesman. “Intel is pleased to put this matter behind us."