FCC Wireless Bureau sought comments on Sprint PCS request for 6-m...
FCC Wireless Bureau sought comments on Sprint PCS request for 6-month extension of deadline for ensuring that new digital handsets were local-capable by Dec. 31, 2002, under Enhanced 911 rules. Sprint Dec. 20 filed request to move deadline to…
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June 30 to achieve 100% activation goal. Comments are due Jan. 24, replies Feb. 3. Sprint told FCC that extension of deadline was justified because of impact of recent communications market downturn and resulting loss of subscribers and negative growth rates that it had seen. Bureau said in notice late Fri. that Sprint contended that in current economic climate, location-capable phones were at competitive disadvantage because they were more expensive than other models. Sprint also told FCC it didn’t believe it could advertise benefits of E911 Phase 2-capable phones until more public safety answering points could process Phase 2 location data. Carrier said FCC already had given longer extensions to other companies using same technology. Sprint said it expected that all of phones it sold to distributors would be location-capable by March 31, but said it would take more time for distributors to sell out their remaining inventory that wasn’t compliant.