ARLA/CLUSTER: Presidente da FCC, Ajit Pai, remove ultimas barreiras, segundo ele, à inovação em sistemas wireless nos EUA.

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Ajit Pai to remove barriers to wireless innovation

In a key speech to the Cato Institute FCC Chair Ajit Pai pledged
"If someone seeks approval of a new technology or service that falls
within our jurisdiction, we’ll make a decision within one year"

The FCC has had a reputation for delaying innovative wireless
technology developments. New technology can take many years to gain
approval.

In 2013 the ARRL submitted the amateur radio Part 97 “Symbol Rate”
Petition for Rule Making RM-11708. It sort to bring part of the USA
ham radio regulations up-to-date so they matched those which the rest
of the world had had for more than a decade. Four years later the FCC
still hasn't changed Part 97.

In his New york speech on November 17, 2017 to the Cato Institute Ajit Pai said:

"But these individual actions, and others like it, aren’t enough. As
I’ve often said, one of the most powerful forces in government is
inertia. To ensure that innovators don’t get sandbagged, we’re
implementing a new process. If someone seeks approval of a new
technology or service that falls within our jurisdiction, we’ll make a
decision within one year. No more waiting indefinitely for an answer.
This process is what’s called for in a provision of the Communications
Act—Section 7. You’ve probably never heard of it, and for good reason.
It’s been on the books for decades, but it’s never been enforced. At
long last, it will be. I realize that one year probably sounds like a
long time to you, but it can be the equivalent of light speed in
Washington’s regulatory world."

Download the full text of Ajit Pai's speech from
https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-347824A1.pdf

Section 7 is Also Part of the Communications Act by Michael Marcus
https://www.publicknowledge.org/news-blog/blogs/section-7-also-part-communications-act

2014 HamRadioNow: ARRL's Symbol Rate Petition RM-11708
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2014/march/
hamradionow_arrl_symbol_rate_petition.htm