FCC Resumes Accepting Equipment-Authorization Applications

As the FCC's closure drags on, the agency has reversed course and is reopening its equipment authorization system. That potentially allows some new RF equipment to gain approval. A Jan. 2 public notice on the lapse in funding said the EAS wouldn't be available, the FCC noted Friday.

"After reviewing our statutory authority, the status of contract obligations and our lapse in funding plan, we will be reactivating this system today," said the new PN. "All other provisions" of the Jan. 2 public notice "continue to apply," it said.

Concerns about the partial government closure's impact on FCC device approvals mounted last week. Some stakeholders wanted EAS reopened.