CTIA Urges Caution on Contraband Cellphone Framework
CTIA and major carriers spoke with an aide to FCC acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel about contraband cellphones in correction facilities. As the agency contemplates an FCC-based termination framework, “it should ensure sufficient oversight of approved contraband interdiction systems and designated…
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corrections officials to provide a level of accountability and protection for consumers and providers that is commensurate with existing court order processes,” said a filing posted Thursday in docket 13-111. CTIA said the FCC should address “longstanding concerns about potential liability for terminating service to devices -- specifically, the potential liability a wireless provider faces if, in good faith, it terminates service to a device that was identified as contraband but turns out not to be.” AT&T, T-Mobile and UScellular were on the call. Rosenworcel circulated an item in April to establish new requirements for carriers to disable identified contraband cellphones when requested by a designated correctional facility official and seek further comment on other technologies solutions to curb use of contraband devices (see 2105030062).