FCC RECLASSIFIES WIRELESS BROADBAND AS AN INFORMATION SERVICE

摘要

The FCC voted Thurs. to reclassify wireless broadband Internet access as an information service, but declined to raise specific questions about whether Carterfone rules should apply to wireless networks. Democratic members of the Commission had pushed for that question in an notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), though their efforts fell flat, at least temporarily. “I... believe we should include questions about how and whether the classification of CMRS services as Title II services incorporates the principle of the seminal 1968 Carterfone decision,” Comr. Michael Copps said: “I believe that our answers to these questions -- or our failure to answer them -- will have a direct impact on the pace of technological innovation in the years ahead and on the extent to which consumers can take full advantage of that innovation.”nnChmn. Kevin Martin told reporters after the meeting that interested parties can file comments on whether Carterfone should apply to wireless under a notice of inquiry on net neutrality also approved by the FCC Thurs. He said the wireless broadband NOI doesn't raise specific questions on Carterfone and wireless.