The FCC appears set to take up a...
The FCC appears set to take up a rulemaking notice on reporting requirements for carriers on the reliability of their networks during and after natural disasters, but should instead ask for more comment through a notice of inquiry, said CTIA…
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and member companies in a series of meetings at the FCC, with Public Safety Bureau officials and commissioner aides. “CTIA and wireless providers understand that the proposed rules under consideration are similar to recommendations submitted to the Commission by Consumers Union ... earlier this year, whereby carriers would report -- and the Commission would publicly disclose -- the percentage of cell sites out of service in a particular county during a Commission-defined [Disaster Information Reporting System] period,” CTIA said (http://bit.ly/13P3Q4f). “Before imposing new paperwork burdens and requiring the public disclosure of proprietary information, however, the Commission should ensure that any proposed rules will, in fact, be useful to consumers. In service providers’ experience, consumers need information concerning wireless coverage in areas affected by natural disasters -- i.e., they want to know where wireless service is available to them. CU’s proposed metric (the percentage of out-of-service cell sites in a given county) does not provide that information."