FCC Accelerates Access To New Wireless Tech Devices

The Federal Communications Commission updated its radio frequency device marketing and importation rules to accelerate the timeframe for developing and releasing new wireless devices. The new rules will give innovators more flexibility to engage in crowdfunding and other popular marketing campaigns and, in specific cases, to import devices still under equipment authorization review. These changes will help consumers more quickly access must-have devices that meet the stringent authorization requirements of the FCC Office of Engineering and Technology’s equipment authorization program. This modernizes the FCC’s review process to ensure that it keeps pace with the rate of innovation by expanding opportunities to import, market, and conditionally sell radiofrequency equipment while ensuring that the Commission retains appropriate oversight over the proper authorization of such devices.