Follow Congress' Directions on Broadband Maps, CTIA Tells FCC
Mobile broadband propagation maps should reflect standards in the March broadband data law (see 2003240049), CTIA and member companies said in a call with staff from the FCC Wireless and Wireline bureaus, Office of Engineering and Technology and Office of…
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Economics and Analytics. CTIA supports coverage requirements of “not less than 5/1 Mbps at the cell edge with 90% probability and 50% cell loading factor,” said a filing posted Monday in docket 19-195. AT&T, T-Mobile, US Cellular and Verizon participated in the call. Use of the standards will lead to maps that “reflect markedly more granular and precise data, and more closely reflect consumers’ experience,” the filing said.