The FCC will formally open the comment period...

The FCC will formally open the comment period Wednesday on its rulemaking on cellphone use on airplanes, when the NPRM’s text will be published in the Federal Register. The FCC approved the notice Dec. 12 (CD Dec 13 p1). Comments are due within 30 days after the NPRM’s Federal Register publication and reply comments are due within 60 days, according to advance text of the Federal Register notice posted Tuesday (http://bit.ly/1kA8oCZ). The FCC had already posted more than 400 comments it has received on the NPRM as of our deadline.