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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322  DA  02-  1088 
 May  13,  2002 
 700  MHz  Guard  Band  Managers’  First  Annual  Report  is  Due  October  1,  2002 


 By  this  Public  Notice,  the  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  (“  Bureau”)  announces  that  the  first  annual  report  from  the  700  MHz  Guard  Band  Managers  is  due  October  1,  2002.  1  In  the  annual  report, 
 Guard  Band  Managers  should  supply  the  Commission  with  the  following  basic  information  for  each  license  held:  2 


 1.  The  call  sign  and  market  area;  2.  The  total  number  of  spectrum  users; 
 3.  The  number  of  spectrum  users  that  are  affiliates  of  the  Guard  Band  Manager;  4.  The  amount  of  spectrum  being  used  by  the  Guard  Band  Manager’s  affiliates  in  any  part  of  the 
 licensed  service  area  and  the  amount  of  spectrum  being  used  pursuant  to  agreements  with  unaffiliated  third  parties; 
 5.  The  general  nature  of  its  customers’  spectrum  use;  and  6.  The  length  of  the  term  of  each  user  agreement. 


 The  information  provided  to  the  Bureau  should  accurately  convey  the  licensee’s  state  of  operations  as  of  August  1,  2002  (60  days  prior  to  the  filing  deadline).  In  addition,  to  the  extent  that  a  Guard  Band  Manager 
 does  not  have  any  agreements  in  place,  it  should  describe  its  progress  towards  leasing  the  spectrum,  including  but  not  limited  to  when  it  expects  to  have  agreements  in  place  and  when  equipment  will  be 
 available. 
 The  report  must  be  filed  no  later  than  October  1,  2002.  Prior  to  August  1,  2002,  the  Bureau  will  release  another  Public  Notice  providing  specific  information  on  how  to  file  the  report  electronically  and  how  the 
 public  can  access  the  information.  Going  forward,  the  annual  reports  will  be  due  on  March  1  of  each  year  and  should  describe  the  licensee’s  state  of  operations  as  of  January  1  of  that  year. 


 1  See  Service  Rules  for  the  746-  764  and  776–  794  MHz  Bands,  and  Revisions  to  Part  27  of  the 
 Commission’s  Rules,  WT  Docket  99-  168,  Second  Report  and  Order,  15  FCC  Rcd  5299  (2000)  (“  700  MHz  Second  Report  and  Order”).  (Adopting  service  rules  for  licensing  Guard  Bands  in  the  746-  747  MHz,  762-764 


 MHz  776-  777  MHz,  and  792-  794  MHz  bands  and  establishing  a  new  class  of  commercial  licensee,  a  Guard  Band  Manager,  who  is  engaged  in  the  business  of  leasing  spectrum  to  third  parties  on  a  for-  profit 
 basis.) 
 2  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  27.607.  Congress  stipulated  that  OMB  approval  pursuant  to  the  Paperwork  Reduction 
 Act  of  1995,  44  U.  S.  C.  §  3507,  is  not  required  for  this  information  collection.  See  700  MHz  Second  Report  and  Order,  15  FCC  Rcd  at  5333  n.  175. 
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 For  additional  information  on  filing  the  Guard  Band  Managers’  Report,  please  contact  Denise  Walter  of  the  Bureau’s  Commercial  Wireless  Division  at  202-  418-  0620  or  dwalter@  fcc.  gov. 
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