Better Interference Complaint Procedures Needed, Sirius XM Responds to T-Mobile
The FCC needs stronger interference complaint procedures, and T-Mobile arguments to the contrary would "perpetuate a status quo that frustrates the commission's ability" to enforce mitigation and prevent interference, Sirius XM said in a filing posted Monday in RM-11750. It…
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responded to T-Mobile's saying last month that an adjudication process is unnecessary for interference disputes since it would "impose substantial burdens on the FCC and private parties without resulting in benefits beyond the FCC’s current interference dispute resolution rules." A better interference resolution process is "needed and ... long overdue," Sirius XM said. "Existing procedures fall short." FCC rules lack a clear mechanism for a victim of interference to enforce the obligation to resolve the problem against the offending party, and interference victims have less-than-optimal ability to identify the parties responsible and to seek resolution, Sirius XM said. "Cooperation between parties is essential and the commission needs effective mechanism to ensure such cooperation." T-Mobile arguments overlooks "significant harms that can be caused by delays in the existing interference complaint process [and] the lack of transparency in the current interference complaint paradigm," Sirius XM said.