At least one “brave” wireless carrier is on...
At least one “brave” wireless carrier is on its own volition deactivating cellphones found in a prison, CellAntenna attorney Marjorie Conner said in a call with an official from the FCC Wireless Bureau, said an ex parte filing posted Friday.…
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Conner said other carriers are unwilling to take that step. The meeting was in part to update the FCC on CellAntenna meetings with carriers, and much of the information in the filing was redacted (http://bit.ly/1kdLrUo). Conner did not reveal the identity of the carrier that’s deactivating phones. “Each carrier has responded differently to CellAntenna’s entreaties to cooperate,” said the filing in docket 13-111. CellAntenna’s product line includes devices designed to help prison officials detect contraband cellphones (http://bit.ly/1hjH3Eo). Last year, the FCC released an NPRM asking a battery of questions about combating contraband cellphones in correctional facilities (CD May 1/13 p1).