CEA Among Trade Groups Seeking Extension of Filing Deadlines on Changes to RF Device Rules
The Telecommunications Industry Association and the Information Technology Industry Council jointly asked the FCC to extend the comment deadline on a July NPRM proposing changes to rules for the agency’s evaluation and approval of radio frequency devices (see 1507210072). Comments…
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are currently due Sept. 8, replies Sept. 17. “A 30-day extension to the comment deadline and a 15-day extension to the reply comment deadline are in the public interest to allow key industry stakeholders to develop meaningful, substantive responses to the extensive and technical questions raised by the Commission in this proceeding,” the associations said Wednesday. CEA separately sought a two-week extension of the deadline for filing initial comments and a three-week extension of the reply comment deadline. “This is a complex and technical area,” CEA said. “As a trade association, CEA requires sufficient time to coordinate with its member companies, which, in turn, must coordinate internally to review and develop responses to the Commission’s proposals.” The filings were in docket 15-170.