<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-indent:
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0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><b>FCC UNLEASHES 25 MHz OF SPECTRUM FOR
MOBILE BROADBAND USE<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-indent:
0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><b><i>Provides Greater Certainty for
Satellite Radio and Mobile Broadband Licensees</i></b></span></p><p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-indent:
0in"><a href="http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-298308A1.doc">http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-298308A1.doc</a></p><p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-indent:
0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><i>Washington,
D.C.</i></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> --
The Federal Communications Commission today adopted rules that will make
available 25 megahertz of spectrum for mobile broadband service in much of the
United States, while protecting adjacent satellite radio and aeronautical
mobile telemetry operations. Mobile broadband promises to be a significant
contributing factor for economic growth and job creation in the 21<sup>st</sup>
century.</span> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">To
promote mobile innovation and investment, the National Broadband Plan
recommends that the Commission make 500 megahertz of spectrum available for
broadband use in the next 10 years, including 300 megahertz for broadband use
in the next five years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">The
Report and Order adopted today amends the Wireless Communications Service (WCS)
rules to immediately make 25 megahertz of spectrum available for mobile
broadband services.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The existing
WCS rules constrain operations to fixed services, but the Commission found
today that those rules can be revised to allow mobile broadband services
without risking harmful interference to neighboring operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">To
provide certainty for licensees while maintaining high-quality satellite radio
services to the American public, the Commission adopted rules permitting the
use of terrestrial repeaters by Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service (SDARS)
licensees at the same time<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">The
Commission also adopted enhanced build-out requirements for WCS licensees, to
ensure that the promise of mobile broadband is realized. These requirements are
designed to spur investment that will promote the deployment of innovative
mobile broadband services across the country. <o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Together,
the Orders establish a regulatory framework for the co-existence of WCS and
SDARS licensees in the 2.3 GHz frequency band in the following manner:<o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman""> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="ParaNum" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;
tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><i>Mobile
and portable broadband devices</i><span style="font-style:normal">: Mobile and
portable station power levels are permitted up to 250 mW average equivalent
isotropically radiated power (EIRP) per 5 megahertz in WCS Blocks A and B and
in the portions of WCS Blocks C and D that are separated by 2.5 megahertz from
the SDARS band edges; duty cycle limitations and automatic transmit power
control (ATPC) will apply; out of-band emissions (OOBE) requirements on WCS
mobile and portable devices are also relaxed.</span></p><p class="ParaNum" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;
tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><i>WCS
base and fixed stations</i><span style="font-style:normal">: Base and fixed
stations in WCS Blocks A and B are permitted to operate with up to 2 kW average
EIRP per 5 megahertz but stations in the C and D blocks remain limited to the 2
kW peak EIRP level currently specified in the Rules; WCS base and fixed
stations’ OOBE are also relaxed; a notification process with SDARS and
coordination process with aeronautical mobile telemetry (AMT) users are also
established.</span></p><p class="ParaNum" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;
tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><i>Performance
requirements for WCS licensees</i><span style="font-style:normal">: </span><span style="mso-font-kerning:0pt;layout-grid-mode:both">For mobile and
point-to-multipoint services, WCS licensees must serve 40 percent of a license
area’s population within 42 months, and 75 percent within 72 months.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>For fixed point-to-point services, WCS
licensees must construct and operate 15 point-to-point links per million
persons in a license area within 42 months, and 30 links within 72 months,</span><span style="color:black"> together with a minimum payload capacity to ensure that
the spectrum is used intensively.</span><span style="mso-font-kerning:0pt;
layout-grid-mode:both"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Licensees
will not be required to satisfy submarket construction requirements.</span></p><p class="ParaNum" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;
tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="mso-font-kerning:0pt;layout-grid-mode:both"><i>WCS Coordination with
Flight Testing Service.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></i></span><span style="mso-font-kerning:0pt;layout-grid-mode:both">In those license areas where
WCS licensees must coordinate with aeronautical mobile telemetry receive sites
to serve a significant percentage of a market’s total population, alternative
requirements apply for mobile and point-to-multipoint services.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Specifically, affected licensees must
serve 25 (rather than 40) percent of the population within 42 months, and
50 (rather than 75) percent within 72 months.</span></p><p class="ParaNum" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;
tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><i>SDARS
terrestrial repeaters</i><span style="font-style:normal">: Permanent rules are
established for the operation of SDARS terrestrial repeaters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Repeaters operating up to 12 kW average
EIRP will be authorized under a blanket licensing regime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The Commission also denies
petitions for reconsideration of the 1997 SDARS Order filed by the Consumer
Electronics Manufacturing Association (CEMA) and the Cellular Phone Taskforce.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Action by the Commission
May 20, 2010, by Report and Order and Second Report and Order (FCC 10-82).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>By the <span style="letter-spacing:
-.1pt">Commission: Chairman Genachowski, Commissioners Copps, McDowell,
Clyburn, and Baker. Separate statements issued by Chairman Genachowski,
Commissioners Copps, McDowell, Clyburn, and Baker.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">WT Docket No. 07-293, IB
Docket No. 95-91 and GEN Docket No. 90-537.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">For
further information, contact Patrick Forster (202-418-7061; <a href="mailto:Patrick.Forster@fcc.gov">Patrick.Forster@fcc.gov</a>), or Ronald Repasi
(202-418-2470; <a href="mailto:Ronald.Repasi@fcc.gov">Ronald.Repasi@fcc.gov</a>).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></font></div>
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