The FCC should reject arguments made by AT&T
The FCC should reject arguments made by AT&T against a proposal by Wilson Electronics, Verizon Wireless and other carriers for cell-booster rules, Wilson representatives said in a meeting with Wireless Bureau Chief Ruth Milkman and other FCC officials. “We…
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reported that AT&T has endorsed nearly all of the operational requirements, interference safeguards, and technical standards” proposed June 8 by Wilson, Verizon, Nextivity, T-Mobile and V-COMM, Wilson said in an ex parte filing (http://xrl.us/bnieqg). AT&T subsequently told the FCC (CD July 5 p11) that Section 301 of the Communications Act “prevents the Commission from authorizing the use of third-party, consumer signal boosters on CMRS carriers’ exclusive-use spectrum without a license or licensee consent,” an argument Wilson said it countered during the meeting. “Empowering carriers to prevent consumers from using such signal boosters would defeat the purposes of establishing a safe harbor for consumer signal boosters; be wholly inconsistent with the Commission’s goal of broadening the use of properly-designed signal boosters to enhance wireless coverage for consumers; invite anti-competitive conduct by carriers; and threaten the growing market for consumer signal boosters,” Wilson said.