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CTIA, Members Report Progress on Contraband Cellphone Interdiction

The top three carriers and CTIA representatives told the FCC Wireless Bureau the wireless industry is making progress combating contraband phones in correctional facilities. “We are committed to reducing barriers and challenges to technologies that proved effective in the Testbed…

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-- namely, managed access system (MAS) solutions, as well as exploring additional effective solutions such as cell detection,” CTIA said in a filing posted Wednesday in docket 13-111. There's a checklist “to assist corrections officials with MAS acquisition and implementation,” the group said: Members continue to improve "coordination with MAS vendors” and Congress has approved funding for MAS deployment.