EWA Withdraws Petition for Clarity on HAC Rules
The Enterprise Wireless Alliance withdrew a Feb. 2 petition seeking clarification of one aspect of FCC revised hearing aid compatibility rules. A modification adopted by the FCC “arguably would require all operators of 800 MHz and 900 MHz Specialized Mobile…
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Radio digital systems to offer HAC-compliant mobile devices," EWA said in the petition. “This would expand the requirement to include, seemingly inadvertently, a category of licensees whose systems were deliberately exempted under the previous rule.” These SMR systems aren't used by the public, EWA said. It withdrew the petition voluntarily and without comment in a filing in docket 07-250. EWA confirmed that the FCC had addressed its concerns about the Hearing Aid Compatibility Act. "The staff responsible for the FCC rules that implement the HAC legislation confirmed that the SMR systems described in the EWA petition do not fall within those covered by that legislation," EWA President Mark Crosby said.