FCC Should Address Rules for Equipment Certification Labs, CTA Says

The Consumer Technology Association urged the FCC to make changes to equipment certification rules aimed at keeping commission-certified labs in business. CTA endorsed the thrusts of petitions for reconsideration or clarification by the Telecommunications Industry Association and Motorola Solutions. CTA urged the FCC to clarify the path for re-qualification of test labs in nonmutual recognition agreement countries that were either accredited or listed under Section 2.948 of agency rules. CTA also encouraged the FCC to establish a two-year transition period during which Section 2.948-listed labs would be allowed to submit data in support of certification applications. “The Commission should act promptly to ensure that the dynamic consumer technology industry continues to have access to a sufficient quantity of FCC-recognized laboratories that help ensure that consumers have the most innovative, safe, and reliable technologies available at market speed,” CTA said in docket 13-44.