PUBLIC NOTICE
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DA 08-672
Released: March 25, 2008
IMPLEMENTATION OF MODULAR EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZATION RULES
SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 15, 2008
ET Docket No. 03-201
Section 15.212 of FCC rules regarding the authorization of modular and “split” modular 
transmitters will become effective on April 15, 2008.  This section was adopted in the Second 
Report and Order in ET Docket number 03-201 on April 17, 2007 and provides for more 
efficient equipment authorization of both existing modular transmitter devices and emerging 
partitioned (or “split”) modular transmitter devices.  The rule will benefit manufacturers by 
allowing greater flexibility in certifying equipment and providing relief from the need to obtain a 
new equipment authorization each time the same transmitter is installed in a different final 
product.  It will also enable manufacturers to develop more flexible and more advanced 
unlicensed transmitter technologies.  
For questions concerning the implementation of the modular equipment rule, please contact 
eapninquiry@fcc.gov . 
Office of Engineering and Technology