CTA Raises Concerns on Proposed Gear Security Rules

CTA representatives flagged concerns with draft rules proposing to bar certification of equipment from companies found to be a national security risk. The worries were expressed in calls with FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr and aides to the other commissioners, said a filing posted Monday in docket 21-232 (see 2106090063). CTA “discussed potential complications for U.S. technology companies raised by the draft NPRM, including possible impacts on global trade commitments, should the equipment authorization regime be dramatically changed in its goals or operation,” the group said: “Broad changes to the equipment authorization regime for devices currently exempt could be disruptive and impose substantial burdens on manufacturers well beyond the few covered entities.”