CTIA: FCC's Disaster Reporting System Provides Critical Information
CTIA defended the FCC’s disaster information reporting system as working, as the agency looks at mandatory reporting rules, set for a vote Jan. 25 (see 2401040064). “Based on information provided by wireless providers, DIRS reports provide a daily snapshot of…
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the status of network services, including the number of cell site outages, the cause of such outages (i.e., due to damage, loss of transport, or loss of power), and the number of cell sites operating on backup power,” CTIA said in a filing posted Wednesday in docket 21-346 (see 2401040064). While cellsite outage reporting doesn’t account for overlapping coverage “that increasingly maintains coverage even where a site is down, overall DIRS reports provide critical information regarding each disaster event, including efforts to overcome power or transport issues to restore service to impacted areas,” CTIA said.