CTIA Vows to Work With FCC, Prisons, Vendors on Contraband Cellphone Solutions
The wireless industry is committed to developing solutions for contraband cellphones in prisons, in cooperation with the FCC, correctional facilities and vendors, CTIA said. The group "supports improving corrections officials’ ability to timely terminate service to contraband handsets via a…
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court-ordered process that would direct wireless carriers to disable service to devices identified as contraband inside a correctional facility," said a filing posted Wednesday in docket 13-111 on a call with Wireless Bureau Chief Don Stockdale and staffers. "CTIA also reiterated its opposition to the use of 'jamming' devices to achieve the shared goal of preventing inmates’ use of contraband wireless devices given the impact to legitimate users."