FCC Resiliency Requirements Take Effect May 1 for All Carriers
The FCC mandated a May 1 compliance date for all carriers, regardless of size, for new mandatory disaster response initiative (MDRI) requirements approved by commissioners last year (see 2207060070). The order responds to an October petition by CTIA and the…
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Competitive Carriers Association (see 2211010056) and was posted in Monday’s Daily Digest. The two groups got broad industry support for their petition (see 2301110036). The order contemplated deadlines of March 30 for larger carriers, June 30 for smaller. In imposing a single deadline, the FCC resolves “Petitioners’ request to amend or clarify the definitions of ‘small’ or ‘non-small’ providers utilized by the Report and Order,” the FCC said. “We also decline to shift the obligations from providers to the Commission to publish and maintain a list of providers subject to the MDRI, and further decline to implement direct, individual contact by the Commission to providers when the MDRI is activated, relying instead on the routine public notices that the Commission may otherwise release.” But in a win for the groups, the FCC said roaming-under-disaster arrangements by providers will be treated as confidential when filed. In imposing a single deadline the agency extends “reasonable relief to providers, while preserving the benefits of the underlying rules for consumers relying on Petitioners’ networks for connectivity and emergency communications access during disasters in advance of the 2024 hurricane and wildfire seasons,” the order said.