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| Cell phone jamming dispute escalates |
| By Wireless.com |
| Published: 01/07/2009 |
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The cellphone jamming dispute between the mobile-phone industry and CellAntenna Corp. has dramatically escalated, with a high-profile legal battle playing out in the nation’s capital in advance of a planned demonstration tomorrow at a local prison to show how inmates’ wireless calls can be blocked. Cellular industry association CTIA today asked a federal appeals court to nix a Federal Communications Commission order permitting the District of Columbia Department of Corrections to host a demonstration using equipment supplied by CellAntenna. “Operation of such ‘jamming technology’ is flatly illegal under Section 333 of the Communications Act, and the commission lacks the statutory to authorize violations of this congressional directive protecting the rights of authorized users of the wireless spectrum,” stated CTIA in a petition filed at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. “Moreover, the decision to authorize the demonstration — made without notice to the public or affected parties, without opportunity for comment, without consideration of any evidence regarding the potential consequences to legitimate transmission of operating the contemplated technology, and with no exigent public-safety need — is the very essence of arbitrary and capricious decision-making.” CTIA went to court after failing to get regulatory relief from the FCC. Read more. |
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