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Airlines’ faulty altimeters spur FCC plan to regulate wireless receivers

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Andriy Onufriyenko) The Federal Communications Commission unanimously voted to launch an inquiry into poorly designed wireless devices that receive transmissions from outside their allotted frequencies. The Notice of Inquiry (NOI) approved Thursday could result in new receiver regulations and is the first major step in the FCC’s quest to prevent future […]