FCC action on several pending Tier III petitions for waiver of E-...
FCC action on several pending Tier III petitions for waiver of E-911 compliance deadlines may come as soon as this week, sources said. The timing is driven by the approaching statutory deadline of March 23 for the FCC to…
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submit its report to Congress on Tier II and Tier III E- 911 compliance issues. The Commission has received several dozen waiver petitions from small and rural wireless carriers, but many of them have been acted on. “There is a lot of pressure to address those petitions [left] before the report” deadline, an FCC source said. Another FCC source said the Tier III order was a “priority” for the Commission: “I think it will move very fast.” The 2nd source said the order deals with about 40 waiver petitions. “I would expect each waiver to be individually addressed even if they are addressed by categories,” the source said.