CommLaw Monitor
News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s communications practice group
FCC Lab Offers Major New Guidance on Equipment Authorization and RF Exposure Evaluation Procedures and Announces Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Circulation at the Commission
On October 24, the FCC Laboratory published a number of new and updated documents through its Knowledge Database (“KDB”) that liberalize further the equipment authorization process for a number of product types,…
FCC's U-NII Advisory and Enforcement Actions Underscore Potential Growing Pains of Spectrum Sharing by Unlicensed Devices
One of the central issues in any spectrum sharing environment is the ability to enforce compliance with the regulations governing operation of the devices in the band, particularly the operation of secondary devices…
US Tax Court Rules on Depreciation Deductions for Wireless Equipment
On July 7, in a case of first impression, the US Tax Court ( Broz v. Commissioner ) reviewed the class lives (depreciation periods) applicable to wireless cellular assets to establish the permissible depreciation…