CTIA: Some Contraband Interdiction System Preferable to Others
CTIA weighed in on applications from five companies found to have a complete application to serve as contraband interdiction system (CIS) operators to help address contraband phones in correctional facilities, in response to a March Wireless Bureau notice (see 2303240043).…
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The group urged the FCC to focus on whether applicants offer managed access systems (MAS) or MASEvolved systems, which “work with cellular networks to block calls from contraband devices while minimizing the risk of disabling legitimate (i.e., non-contraband) devices.” Systems that don’t coordinate with cellular networks “have a reduced ability to validate whether a device near a correctional facility is contraband or not, and they therefore entail a greater risk of false positive contraband identifications,” CTIA said. The group didn’t offer more specific comment on the applications by CellBlox Acquisitions, ShawnTech Communications, Tecore Networks, SOC and OmniProphis.