CommLaw Monitor
A Case of Bad Hygiene? FCC Proposes More Than $590,000 Penalty for RF Device Marketing Violations, and Commissioner O’Rielly Foreshadows Potentially Tougher Equipment Authorization Enforcement Policies
On May 30, 2018, the Commission issued a Notice of Apparent Liability (“NAL”) proposing a total penalty of $590,380 against a company for marketing noncompliant radio frequency (“RF”) devices in apparent violation of…
FCC Equipment Authorization Rule Change Transitions Now in Effect
On November 2, 2017, the FCC's revised equipment authorization rules were published in the Federal Register and took effect immediately. Our advisory details those rule revisions. The Office of Management and Budget…
July 2017 FCC Meeting Recap: FCC Adopts Major Changes to Approval Procedures for Many RF Devices, E-Labeling, Importation Regulations, and Other Equipment Authorization Rules
The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”), at its July 13, 2017, Open Meeting updated its equipment authorization procedures and rules in a number of ways that will be of great interest to everyone…
FCC Authorizes First LTE-U Devices
Wireless carriers are a major step closer to using unlicensed spectrum to ease network congestion and boost speeds following the FCC's authorization of the first LTE-Unlicensed (“LTE-U”) devices on February 22, 2017.…
FCC Form 740 Importation Filings for Radio Frequency Devices Will Be Temporarily Suspended Late Next Year
Imported Radio Frequency (RF) devices must be compliant with the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC or Commission) equipment authorization rules, but importers can look forward to some relief in their paperwork…