Way back in December of last year the Commission re-vamped its equipment certification rules. It took six months for those revised rules to make it into the Federal Register, and another month for the rules to become effective. The effective date also marked the deadline for petitions for reconsideration of the December order adopting the … Continue Reading
The FCC lab is finally getting out of the equipment certification business as the Commission makes important changes to its equipment authorization process.… Continue Reading
If you're thinking about filing reply comments about any the 20 or so comments that have been filed relative to the FCC's proposed overhaul of the equipment certification process, you're in luck.… Continue Reading
The FCC enforces its technical rules through a set of "equipment authorization" procedures to ascertain compliance. For the past quarter-century, the FCC has periodically streamlined these procedures and handed off authority to commercial providers. A new Notice of Proposed Rulemaking continues that trend.… Continue Reading