CTIA Concerned About Contraband Cellphones, It Tells FCC
CTIA strongly opposes the use of contraband phones in correctional facilities and supports “efforts to promote technologies -- from managed access systems to metal detectors -- that will combat this problem with minimal impact to legitimate users,” it said in…
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a filing at the FCC. CTIA and member companies reported on a meeting with staff from the Wireless and Public Safety bureaus and the Office of Engineering and Technology. They said they "discussed the Commission’s 2013 NPRM, including complex questions raised by the use of cell detection systems as a means of combating the use of contraband cell phones in correctional facilities. The parties discussed the need for a court order to terminate service to a contraband device and providers’ voluntary efforts to control contraband phones through court orders. The parties also addressed the NPRM’s proposal for a Commission rule requiring mandatory termination of service.” The filing was in docket 13-111. FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai has raised the issue repeatedly, including at a field hearing in South Carolina in April (see 1604060058). The four national wireless carriers were all represented at the meeting.