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CTIA Urges FCC to Drop Jamming Proposal for Prisons

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CTIA met with FCC Wireless Bureau staff this week to urge the agency to abandon a proposal that would allow corrections officials to jam cell signals. If the FCC decides to proceed, it should first test jamming as part of...
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CTIA Urges FCC to Drop Jamming Proposal for Prisons

CTIA met with FCC Wireless Bureau staff this week to urge the agency to abandon a proposal that would allow corrections officials to jam cell signals. If the FCC decides to proceed, it should first test jamming as part of...

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CTIA Reiterates Opposition to FCC Prison Jamming Plan

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12, 2026 – The wireless association CTIA is renewing its opposition to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr’s proposal to allow state and local prisons to jam contraband cell phones, arguing the move poses serious interference risks and is unnecessary given existing alternatives.In a Tuesday, Feb. 10 letter to the Commission, the wireless trade group said, “the record reveals a wide variety of commenters who e…

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