Intel Meets With FCC Engineers on Device Certification Rules

Intel representatives met with Julius Knapp, chief of the Office of Engineering and Technology, and other OET officials on the FCC’s controversial 2015 NPRM proposing new RF device certification rules (see 1510130052). Discussion focused on modifying the rules to permit certification of a “family of devices” and on the rules for device labeling, said a filing in docket 15-170. “To accommodate smaller devices, reduce burdens on manufacturers, and eliminate potential consumer confusion, the labels required under Sections 2.803 and 2.805 be shortened to simply read ‘This device has not been authorized by the FCC.’”