Comments and Request for Declaratory Ruling or, in the Alternative, Request for Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

Publication Date: 
October 17, 2016

On October 17, 2016, the Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA) filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding the proposal to eliminate FCC Rule Section 20.9 and make related rule changes that clarify which wireless services are classified as Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS). In addition, in this filing, EWA urges the FCC to issue a declaratory ruling clarifying that 800 MHz and 900 MHz Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR) systems that are not interconnected with the public switched network cannot be classified as CMRS or regulated as common carriers--or as telecommunications carriers--in accordance with Section 332(c) of the Communications Act.