CCA Meets With FCC on Disaster Recovery Rules
Competitive Carriers Association and industry representatives met with FCC Public Safety Bureau staff on the group’s petition with CTIA (see 2211010056) for partial reconsideration of the FCC’s new mandatory disaster response initiative. Industry comments support the petition (see 2301110036). “CCA…
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emphasized that providing uninterrupted service and maintaining resilient networks is a top priority for its members,” said a filing posted Friday in docket 15-80: “Many CCA carrier members operate in regions most vulnerable to hurricanes and other natural disasters and work diligently to harden their networks to ensure the availability of communications service when needed most and to facilitate emergency aid as quickly as possible.” While carriers are working to meet their obligations, “CCA members are concerned that all required agreements will not be finalized in time to satisfy existing FCC requirements,” the group said. Also at the meeting were representatives of Appalachian Wireless, Southern Linc, Dish Wireless and NextGen.