The information collection requirements in a July FCC order requiring disabling of contraband wireless devices detected in correctional facilities (see 2107130029) are effective Tuesday, after approval by the Office of Management and Budget, said a notice for Tuesday’s Federal Register. The Wireless Bureau will use the information “to determine whether to certify a system and ensure that the systems are designed to support operational readiness and minimize the risk of disabling a non-contraband device, and ensure, to the greatest extent possible, that only devices that are in fact contraband will be identified for disabling,” the notice said: “Bureau certification will also enable targeted industry review of solutions by allowing interested stakeholders to provide feedback on the application for certification, including the proposed test plan.”
CTIA and member companies updated the FCC Wireline Bureau on the latest on SIM swap and port-out fraud, the topic of a rulemaking last year (see 2112150018). “CTIA and its members take consumer fraud seriously and continue to work to stay ahead of bad actors with innovative security approaches,” said a filing posted Monday in docket 21-341: “While over 99% of SIM swap and port-out requests are legitimate, CTIA’s members remain committed to combatting and deterring fraud attempts that do occur.” AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon and UScellular participated in the call.
RS Access CEO Noah Campbell urged quick approval of 5G use of the 12 GHz band, speaking with an aide to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, said a filing posted Friday in docket 20-443. “I expressed confidence that 5G mobile broadband operations, nongeostationary orbit fixed-satellite service, and Ku-band Direct Broadcast Satellite operations can share the 12 GHz band and coexist in the band,” said a filing posted Friday in docket 20-443.
Google representatives urged adoption of revised rules for short-range field disturbance sensor radars in the 60 GHz band, speaking with an aide to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel. The company had a similar call with Office of Engineering and Technology staff earlier in the week (see 2204260074). “Coexistence is possible across the multitude of technologies, including the several varieties of low-power radars, that can operate in the 60 GHz band,” said a filing posted Friday in docket 21-264.
To assuage National Public Safety Telecommunications Council concerns about possible interference to public safety operations in the 851-854 MHz band segment (see 2108090058), Gogo Business Aviation is fine with a waiver condition for notification of public safety licensees in the band segment, the company told FCC Wireless Bureau representatives, per docket 21-282 Friday. Gogo is seeking a waiver on power limits for air-to-ground operations in the 849-851 MHz and 894-896 MHz bands. It said the proposed condition, which would have Gogo notify licensees within 10 miles of a base station about deployment and how to submit inference complaints, should make public safety operators aware of possible inference and about how to abate it in coordination with Gogo.
Qualcomm urged the FCC to ignore arguments by Continental Automotive that limiting part of the 5.9 GHz band exclusively to cellular vehicle-to-everything use could have negative implications because of intellectual property concerns (see 2204060038). “The FCC should not entertain Continental’s requests that the agency adopt regulations or broad pronouncements relating to private patent licensing disputes because the U.S. court system is addressing those issues and the FCC lacks the legal authority and expertise to do so,” said a filing posted Thursday in docket 19-138. “Continental fails to inform the FCC of Continental’s federal antitrust case, including the recent decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirming the dismissal of Continental’s lawsuit seeking relief that substantially overlaps what Continental is asking the FCC to implement,” Qualcomm said. Company representatives spoke with staff from the FCC offices of General Counsel, Engineering and Technology, and Economic Analysis.
CTIA and member companies defended the wireless industry’s voluntary network resiliency cooperative framework, in calls with an aide to FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr and Chief Debra Jordan and others from the Public Safety Bureau. An NPRM approved by commissioners in September (see 2109300069) asks about potential improvements, including whether to codify “some or all of the Framework.” The industry representatives discussed “various ways that wireless providers continue to invest in infrastructure, employees, tools, and improved coordination that are necessary to maintain wireless services for consumers and public safety during emergencies and disasters,” said a filing posted Thursday in docket 21-346. “These investments include densifying networks with overlapping cell sites, pre-positioning deployable equipment, and enhancing coordination with other communications providers, electric utilities, and federal and state emergency managers.” The framework is “a critical part of the collaboration that jumpstarts response and recovery,” they said. AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon officials took part in the calls.
T-Mobile filed at the FCC its list of licenses it believes should be offered during the upcoming 2.5 GHz auction, in response to the recent revised list from the FCC (see 2204150048). T-Mobile “appreciates the work that the Commission’s staff has invested in preparing for this important auction, including by refining the list of products that will be available and making available a mapping tool,” said a filing posted Wednesday in docket 18-120. The FCC will offer some 8,000 licenses in the auction, which starts July 29.
Top officials from the National Sheriffs' Association spoke with FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel about the future of 4.9 GHz band, the subject of a comment cycle that wrapped in January (see 2201120049). “NSA discussed the importance of preserving 4.9 GHz for public safety use and the importance of nationwide public safety,” said a filing Wednesday in docket 00-32.
Google representatives urged the FCC to adopt revised rules for short-range field disturbance sensor radars in the 60 GHz band (see 2110180062), in a meeting with Office of Engineering and Technology staff. “Modifications to the rules are necessary to realize the full potential of the 60 GHz band” and “updated rules should seek to maximize reasonable coexistence and technological neutrality among unlicensed technologies,” said a filing posted Tuesday in docket 21-264. “Coexistence is possible across a full panoply of technologies, including the several varieties of low-power radars that can operate in the band,” Google said.