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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  04-  4013 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
 In  the  matter  of 
 Unlicensed  Operation  in  the  TV  Broadcast  Bands 
 Additional  Spectrum  for  Unlicensed  Devices  Below  900  MHz  and  in  the  3  GHz  Band 


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 ET  Docket  No.  04-  186 
 ET  Docket  No.  02-  380 


 ORDER  GRANTING  EXTENSION  OF  TIME 
 Adopted:  December  21,  2004  Released:  December  22,  2004 
 By  the  Chief,  Office  of  Engineering  and  Technology: 
 Reply  Comment  Date:  January  31,  2005 
 1.  On  May  25,  2004,  the  Commission  released  a  Notice  of  Proposed  Rule  Making  (Notice)  in  the  above-  captioned  proceeding,  seeking  comment  on  proposed  changes  to  Part  15  of  the  Commission 
 rules  to  allow  unlicensed  devices  to  operate  in  the  broadcast  television  spectrum  at  locations  where  that  spectrum  is  not  being  used.  1  On  September  25,  2004,  the  Chief  of  the  Office  of  Engineering  and 
 Technology  extended  the  comment  and  reply  comment  deadlines  in  this  proceeding  to  November  30,  2004  and  December  30,  2004  respectively.  On  December  13,  2004,  the  Consumer  Electronics 
 Association  (CEA)  filed  a  request  for  a  45  day  extension  of  the  reply  comment  deadline  beyond  December  30,  2004.  For  the  reasons  stated  below,  we  are  granting  a  30  day  extension  of  the  reply 
 comment  deadline. 
 2.  In  support  of  its  request,  CEA  states  that  an  extension  of  time  is  necessary  to  complete  equipment  field  tests  that  it  is  performing  and  to  respond  to  other  submitted  comments.  2  It  also  states  that 


 it  is  continuing  to  work  with  other  interested  parties  to  develop  consensus  solutions  to  interference  concerns.  3 


 3.  It  is  the  policy  of  the  Commission  that  extensions  of  time  shall  not  be  routinely  granted.  4  While  we  have  already  provided  a  lengthy  comment  period,  parties  are  continuing  to  work  on  technical 
 studies  and  to  find  ways  to  resolve  the  interference  issues  raised  in  the  Notice.  We  believe  there  is  considerable  value  in  this  rule  making  in  allowing  time  for  further  technical  analysis  and  for  the  various 
 parties  to  develop  consensus  solutions  to  interference  issues.  We  are  not  persuaded,  however,  that  a  45  day  extension  is  warranted  to  accomplish  this  purpose.  Accordingly,  we  will  provide  30  additional  days 
 for  reply  comments. 


 1  See  Notice  of  Proposed  Rule  Making  in  ET  Docket  Nos.  02-  380  and  04-  186,  19  FCC  Rcd  10018  (2004). 
 2  See  CEA  motion  at  1. 
 3  Id. 
 4  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.46(  a). 
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 4.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED  that,  pursuant  to  section  4(  i)  and  4(  j)  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §§  154(  i)  and  154(  j),  and  sections  0.31,  0.241,  and 
 1.46  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.31,  0.241,  and  1.46,  the  deadline  for  filing  reply  comments  in  the  above-  captioned  proceeding  is  extended  from  December  30,  2004  to  January  31,  2005.  5 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 
 Edmond  J.  Thomas  Chief,  Office  of  Engineering  and  Technology 


 5  A  30  day  extension  would  run  until  January  29,  2005.  Because  that  date  falls  on  a  Saturday,  reply  comments  will 
 be  due  on  the  next  business  day,  which  is  Monday,  January  31,  2005.  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.4. 
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