Back in February the FCC released its new E911 standards designed to improve E911 location capability. As we reported in March, most of those new standards were to take effect in April … except for a small handful that happened to be “information collections” and thus subject to the hilariously named Paperwork Reduction Act. Thanks … Continue Reading
The last of the rule revisions adopted by the FCC to help improve cell phone reception has now taken effect, thanks to a notice published in the Federal Register. This proceeding, aimed at allowing use of cellular signal boosters, last showed up on our radar here in the CommLawBlog bunker last fall, when the Commission … Continue Reading
In the wake of an impressively cooperative response to the Commission's 2014 proposals, the FCC has established a new set of E911 location standards.… Continue Reading
The effective date of the recently-adopted revisions to the cell phone signal booster rules has been set, as have the deadlines for comments concerning additional proposed revisions.… Continue Reading
Underscoring its interest in encouraging consumer cellular signal boosters, the Commission has tweaked its rules governing such devices.… Continue Reading
We reported last year that all cell phone signal boosters marketed in the U.S. must comply with new standards by March 1, 2014. Not so fast.… Continue Reading
Earlier this year, the FCC adopted new rules on cell phone signal boosters. A new FCC "Consumer Guide" helps booster owners understand the coming changes.… Continue Reading
Are you ready to get boosted? Sorry, but you'll need to wait a little longer for booster manufacturers to bring their products into compliance with a new "Network Protection Standard".… Continue Reading
New E911 rules designed to make it easier to locate you (and anybody else with a personal communications device) are now set to take effect in November.… Continue Reading
Deadlines for comments and reply comments have been set with respect to on the Commission's latest effort to improve the accuracy of E-911 location identification capabilities.… Continue Reading
Even as privacy advocates are getting increasingly nervous about the extent to which our communications devices keep tabs on our whereabouts, the FCC is looking to make it easier to monitor our location more precisely and over a broader range of devices.… Continue Reading
The FCC has accepted a compromise on E-911 accuracy standards, but it's also proposing both to expand their reach to new categories of service providers and to tighten them even further.… Continue Reading