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Verizon Proposes Process for Approving Jamming Systems in Prisons

Verizon offered details in an FCC filing about proposed leasing, equipment authorization and contraband device rules that would lead to the approval of jamming systems in correctional facilities. The wireless industry as a whole opposes jamming (see 2601130057). In reply…

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comments posted this week in docket 13-111, Verizon laid out an eight-step process creating “procedural safeguards to protect legitimate users” of spectrum. “Verizon’s comments offer a ‘trust but verify’ regime that accounts for concerns raised in the rulemaking record,” the carrier said.