Number of new applications filed in April for approval by lab engineers
Number of new applications filed in April for approval by lab engineers 126
Breakdown of those applications
34 percent are for transmitters for use in licensed services, such as land, mobile, marine and aviation.
31 percent are other unlicensed transmitters, such as childrens walkie-talkies, field disturbance sensors, access control systems and keyless entry systems.
15 percent are for spread-spectrum systems, such as wireless local area network cards and some cordless telephones.
12 percent are cellular and personal communications services handsets.
8 percent are for devices that could have been self-approved by the submitting manufacturers, such as receivers and FM broadcast transmitters.
Total application backlog as of April 30 271
Average time to approve a new PCS/mobile device 42 days
Target time 30 days