OFFICE OF
THE CHAIRMAN
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
WASHINGTON
December 6, 2017
The Honorable Orrin G. Hatch
United States Senate
104 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Senator Hatch:
Thank you for your letter requesting an update on the Commission's rulemaking regarding
consumer signal boosters. In 2013, the FCC adopted new consumer signal booster rules providing for
well-designed boosters that avoid interference to wireless networks. As you note in your letter, on
February 29, 2016, the FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) released a Public Notice
seeking comment on how the interference-mitigating technologies mandated under the new rules have
been working in practice.
In December 2016, Wilson Electronics LLC petitioned to change the FCC's consumer signal
booster rules to eliminate the "personal-use" restriction on wideband consumer signal boosters. On
March 3, 2017, the Bureau issued a Public Notice soliciting public comment on this petition.
Commission staff is carefully reviewing the record so we can determine the appropriate next steps.
I appreciate your interest in this matter. Your views are very important and will be entered into
the record of the proceeding and considered as part of the Commission's review. Please let me know if I
can be of any further assistance.
Sincerely,
Ajit V. Pai'