CTIA Seeks Tweak to CMRS Presumption Order
CTIA wants a change to the draft commercial mobile radio services presumption order set for a vote at Thursday’s commissioners' meeting. The draft, which has gotten little attention since circulated by Chairman Ajit Pai last month, would remove the CMRS…
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presumption and instead allow licensees to rely on statutory definitions to identify the nature and regulatory treatment of their mobile services based on how it uses licensed spectrum, to eliminate an “outdated and incomplete list of certain services meeting the statutory definition” mobile service. “The Draft Order correctly recognizes this trend toward regulatory flexibility and ends the disparate treatment of similar services in different frequency bands,” CTIA said in docket 16-240. “CTIA supports this approach, which will not only harmonize the requirements for wireless licensing, but will further the Commission’s goal of eliminating outdated and unnecessary regulatory mandates.” It said the order makes “corrective edits” to rule sections 4.3 and 9.3, but should make similar edits to 1.907.