FCC Bureau Approves Automotive Signal Booster Waiver Opposed by Major Carriers
The FCC Wireless Bureau approved a limited waiver of cell signal booster rules sought by Kathrein Automotive for the Kathrein compensator. The compensator is a type of signal booster Kathrein plans to offer to vehicle manufacturers, which will install and…
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embed the product in their vehicles, the bureau said in an order Friday. “Kathrein contends that the product falls outside the goals of the consumer labeling rules due to the unique placement of the compensator within vehicles and that application of those rules would not advance the public interest. We agree, and hereby grant the waiver request.” The waiver was approved despite strong protests by AT&T and Verizon, which filed objections when the FCC sought comment last summer (see 1508210028).