FCC Posts Wilson Petition Seeking Change to Cell-Booster Rules
The FCC posted a petition by Wilson Electronics asking the agency to start a proceeding on eliminating the personal-use restriction on consumer cell-signal boosters, replacing it with a multiprovider registration requirement for wideband consumer signal boosters. Wilson officials earlier said…
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they filed the petition in docket 10-4 for further rulemaking (see 1612200061). “The Commission has never entertained public comments on the fundamental question of whether wireless subscribers should be limited to operating consumer boosters for personal use,” the petition said. “More problematic, the personal-use restriction does not provide clear and adequate notice of what conduct it prohibits.”