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FCC Denies CCA's Request for Deadline Extension on Unlocking Replies

The FCC Wireless Bureau on Monday rejected a Competitive Carriers Association’s request for a 15-day delay in the deadline for filing reply comments on proposed handset unlocking rules. Replies remain due Sept. 23 in docket 24-186. T-Mobile, CCA’s largest member,…

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supported the extension, but Incompas, Consumer Reports and Public Knowledge opposed it (see 2409130017). “We do not find persuasive," the bureau said, "CCA’s argument that an extension of time to file reply comments is necessary to ensure the record is ‘complete and robust.’” The bureau noted the NPRM was released July 19 and “all interested parties had adequate notice that reply comments would be due 15 days after the comment deadline.” Initial comments were filed last week (see 2409100048).