[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 236 (Tuesday, December 9, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 73008-73009]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-28733]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 1
[GN Docket No. 14-177; DA 14-1703]
Notice of Inquiry on Use of Spectrum Bands Above 24 GHz for
Mobile Radio Services--Comment Extension
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission extends the deadline for
filing comments and reply comments in response to the Notice of Inquiry
(NOI) on use of spectrum bands above 24 GHz for mobile radio services.
This proceeding will allow parties to more thoroughly address the
complex technical, legal, and policy issues raised in the NOI.
DATES: Submit comments on or before January 15, 2015. Submit reply
comments on or before February 17, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20554. You may submit comments, identified by DA-14-
1703, or by GN Docket No. 14-177, or by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Federal Communications Commission's Web site: http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
People With Disabilities. Contact the FCC to request reasonable
accommodations (accessible format documents, sign language
interpreters, CART, etc.) by email: [email protected] or phone: (202) 418-
0530 or TTY: (202) 418-0432.
Availability of Documents. Comments, reply comments, and ex parte
submissions will be available for public inspection during regular
business hours in the FCC Reference Center, Federal Communications
Commission, 445 12th Street SW., CY-A257, Washington, DC, 20554. These
documents will also be available via ECFS. Documents will be available
electronically in ASCII, Microsoft Word, and/or Adobe Acrobat.
For detailed instructions for submitting comments and additional
information on the rulemaking process, see the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, please
contact Charles Oliver of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau,
Broadband Division, at (202) 418-1325 or mailto:[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's public
notice, adopted and released on November 25, 2014, DA-14-1703. Copies
of the public notice may be obtained from Best Copy and Printing, Inc.
(BCPI), Portals II, 445 12th Street SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC
20554, (202) 488-5300, facsimile (202) 488-5563, or via email
[email protected]. The public notice and any associated documents are
also available for inspection and copying during normal business hours
in the FCC Reference Information Center, Room CY-A257, 445 12th Street
SW., Washington, DC 20554. The complete text is also available on the
Commission's Web site at https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-14-1703A1.docx.
Pursuant to Sec. Sec. 1.415 and 1.419 of the Commission's rules,
47 CFR 1.415, 1.419, interested parties may file comments and reply
comments on or before the dates indicated on the first page of this
document. Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic
Comment Filing System (ECFS). See Electronic Filing of Documents in
Rulemaking Proceedings, 63 FR 24121 (1998).
Electronic Filers: Comments may be filed electronically using the
Internet by accessing the ECFS: http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/.
Paper Filers: Parties who choose to file by paper must file an
original and one copy of each filing. If more than one docket or
rulemaking number appears in the caption of this proceeding, filers
must submit two additional copies for each additional docket or
rulemaking number.
Filings can be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by commercial
overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight U.S. Postal Service
mail. All filings must be addressed to the Commission's Secretary,
Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.
All hand-delivered or messenger-delivered paper filings for the
Commission's Secretary must be delivered to FCC Headquarters at 445
12th St., SW., Room TW-A325, Washington, DC 20554. The filing hours are
8 a.m. to 7 p.m. All hand deliveries must be held together with rubber
bands or fasteners. Any envelopes and boxes must be disposed of before
entering the building.
Commercial overnight mail (other than U.S. Postal Service Express
Mail
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and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 East Hampton Drive, Capitol
Heights, MD 20743.
U.S. Postal Service first-class, Express, and Priority mail must be
addressed to 445 12th Street SW., Washington DC 20554.
People With Disabilities: To request materials in accessible
formats for people with disabilities (braille, large print, electronic
files, audio format), send an email to [email protected] or call the
Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-
418-0432. (tty).
Summary
1. On November 19, 2014, the Satellite Industry Association (SIA)
filed a motion to extend the comment deadline in the above-captioned
proceeding from December 16, 2014 until January 15, 2015. SIA also
requested that the deadline for filing reply comments be extended from
January 15, 2015 to February 17, 2015. SIA asserts that analyzing bands
for spectrum sharing with widely-deployed mobile wireless services
requires extensive analysis and review and notes that the Commission is
seeking comment on multiple bands in which satellite operations are
authorized. According to SIA, each of these bands is unique and
requires an analysis of current and future satellite operations. James
E. Whedbee supports the SIA Motion.
2. It is the general policy of the Commission that extensions of
time shall not be routinely granted. Under these circumstances,
however, we agree that an extension of time to file comments and reply
comments is warranted to ensure that the Commission obtains a complete
and thorough record in response to the NOI. The NOI is the first step
in a process to examine the use of new, innovative technologies that
could enable the use of frequencies above 24 GHz for mobile services.
The NOI seeks comment on a wide variety of novel technical, policy and
legal issues related to the possible use of bands above 24 GHz for
mobile services. We conclude that a short extension of time is
warranted to enable interested parties sufficient opportunity to review
and respond to the complex issues raised by the NOI, to ultimately help
the Commission ``discern what frequency bands above 24 GHz would be
most suitable for mobile services, and to begin developing a record on
mobile service rules and a licensing framework for mobile services in
those bands.''
3. Accordingly, pursuant to section 4(i) of the Communications Act
of 1934, as amended, and Sec. 1.46 of the Commission's rules, we
extend the deadline for filing comments until January 15, 2015. We also
extend the deadline for filing reply comments until February 17, 2015.
Federal Communications Commission.
Blaise A. Scinto,
Chief, Broadband Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2014-28733 Filed 12-8-14; 8:45 am]
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