Federal Communications Commission	DA 25-482



DA 25-482
Released:  June 5, 2025

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU SEEKS COMMENT ON CELLBLOX ACQUISITIONS, LLC’S SECOND CONTRABAND INTERDICTION SYSTEM CERTIFICATION APPLICATION
GN Docket No. 13-111

Comment Deadline:  July 7, 2025 

On July 13, 2021, the Commission released the Second Report and Order in this proceeding, which adopted a framework requiring the disabling of contraband wireless devices detected in correctional facilities upon satisfaction of certain criteria. See Promoting Technological Solutions to Combat Contraband Wireless Device Use in Correctional Facilities, GN Docket No. 13-111, Second Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 36 FCC Rcd 11813, 11814, para. 2 (2021) (Second Report and Order); see also Promoting Technological Solutions to Combat Contraband Wireless Device Use in Correctional Facilities, GN Docket No. 13-111, Erratum (rel. Aug. 3, 2021).
  On December 17, 2021, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) issued the Guidance Public Notice, which established the minimum criteria that must be demonstrated in and provided guidance on the submission of a Contraband Interdiction System (CIS) certification application. Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Provides Guidance for Filing Contraband Interdiction System Certification Applications and Self-Certifications, GN Docket No. 13-111, Public Notice, 36 FCC Rcd 17368, 17369-71, paras. 5–6, 9–10 (WTB 2021) (Guidance Public Notice).
  Specifically, phase one of the CIS certification application process requires an applicant to describe the legal and technical qualifications of and provide a test plan for the system that the applicant seeks to use as the basis for qualifying requests for contraband device disabling. Guidance Public Notice, 36 FCC Rcd at 17369-71, paras. 5–10.
  Per the Second Report and Order, stakeholders will have an opportunity to review and comment on the CIS certification applications prior to testing or deploying at a correctional facility. Second Report and Order, 36 FCC Rcd at 11822, 11824, paras. 24, 27.
  
By this Public Notice, the Bureau announces that the CIS application listed in Attachment A hereto has been found complete, and stakeholders are invited to review the application and file comments using the Commission’s Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS). See Electronic Filing of Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings, 63 FR 24121 (1998).
  All filings must reference GN Docket 13-111 and the relevant file number, as listed in Attachment A.  Stakeholders seeking review of confidential filings are required to follow the procedures set forth in the Protective Order. See Promoting Technological Solutions to Combat Contraband Wireless Device Use in Correctional Facilities, GN Docket No. 13-111, Protective Order, 38 FCC Rcd 1952 (WTB 2023). 
  We call attention to a change to the Commission’s typical protective order provisions that is being adopted for this proceeding.  Under this Protective Order, experts employed by wireless providers participating in the proceeding will be permitted to have access to Confidential Information.  Experts employed by other commercial entities will continue to be prohibited from such access.  We urge all parties who plan to seek access to confidential information in this proceeding (and who have filed or have a good faith intention to file material comments) to promptly file an Acknowledgement of Confidentiality, as set forth in the Protective Order. 
Additional Information.  For further information regarding this Public Notice, please contact Taylor Reinecker, Management Analyst, WTB, Mobility Division at (717) 338-2746 or taylor.reinecker@fcc.gov. 
-FCC-

ATTACHMENT A

CIS Certification Applicant Name and Associated File Number

CIS Certification Applicant
File Number
CellBlox Acquisitions, LLC Application of CellBlox Acquisitions, LLC for Certification of Contraband Interdiction System Under 47 CFR Section 20.23, GN Docket No. 13-111 (filed Feb. 20, 2025) (CellBlox CIS Application); see also Supplement to Application of CellBlox Acquisitions, LLC for Certification of Contraband Interdiction System Under 47 CFR Section 20.23, GN Docket No. 13-111 (filed Apr. 18, 2025) (CellBlox CIS Supplement).  CellBlox’s instant application is for a portable system that it intends to operate at correctional facilities in addition to the fixed system approved by the Commission in 2023.  See Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Approves Five Contraband Interdiction System Certification Applications Under Phase One of the Authorization Process, GN Docket No. 13-111, Public Notice, 38 FCC Rcd 5837 (WTB 2023) (approving applications filed, respectively, by:  CellBlox Acquisitions, LLC; ShawnTech Communications, Inc.; Tecore Networks; SOC, LLC; and OmniProphis Corporation).  

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