Nextivity, T-Mobile, V-COMM, Verizon Wireless and Wilson Electronics submitted to...
Nextivity, T-Mobile, V-COMM, Verizon Wireless and Wilson Electronics submitted to the FCC proposed rules for cell power boosters and two separate consumer booster protection standards. The proposals build on previous submissions from Verizon Wireless and Wilson, a booster maker. “Over…
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the last several weeks, the signatories to this letter have worked cooperatively to make changes to these protection standards so that each of the signatories is comfortable that consumer boosters that meet these standards, if operating properly and in accordance with all of the requirements of the protection standards, will not cause harmful interference to either the serving carrier or adjacent carrier networks,” said the letter (http://xrl.us/bnc4dw). “The signatories therefore urge the Commission to adopt these protection standards and require that consumer boosters manufactured, marketed, sold, leased or operated in the future meet one of these protection standards.” That “T-Mobile has joined Verizon Wireless in urging the FCC to adopt technical standards for signal boosters is very significant,” said communications lawyer Russell Lukas of Lukas Nace, Wilson’s legal counsel for regulatory issues. “This marks the first time big-four wireless carriers that operate CDMA and GSM networks have acknowledged signal boosters can be deployed without harming their networks. That should make it easier for the FCC to adopt consumer signal booster rules."