The Federal Communications Commission’s Enforcement Bureau announced that Canadian Pacific Railway Co. has received a fine of USD 1.2 million. The fine was imposed following an investigation of the railroad’s operation of more than 100 wireless radio facilities in the United States without prior FCC approval, and for failing to obtain FCC authorizations for the transfer of control of thirty wireless radio licenses. In addition, the company will also implement a three-year plan to ensure compliance with FCC requirements.
The company’s 2015 internal audit of its FCC authorizations uncovered unauthorized transactions dating back to 2008, and it also revealed that Soo Line, the wholly-owned U.S. operating arm of Canadian Pacific Railway Corp., and its predecessors had constructed, relocated, modified, or operated more than 100 wireless facilities without FCC approval, beginning as far back as 1979. The company subsequently disclosed its violations to the commission.
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