PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
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DA 10-1070
Released:   June 14, 2010  
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU EXTENDS THE COMMENT DATE 
FOR THE PUBLIC NOTICE ADDRESSING INTEROPERABILITY, OUT-OF-BAND 
EMISSIONS AND EQUIPMENT CERTIFICATION FOR 700 MHZ PUBLIC SAFETY 
BROADBAND NETWORKS
PS Docket No. 06-229
Revised Comment Date: July 19, 2010
On May 18, 2010, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) released a 
public notice (Interoperability PN) seeking comment on interoperability, out-of-band emissions, 
and equipment certification for 700 MHz public safety broadband networks.1 The Bureau set 
June 17, 2010, as the comment date for the Interoperability PN. 
The District of Columbia (District), one of the twenty-one states and localities recently 
granted conditional waivers for early public safety broadband deployment,2 has filed a request 
for a one-month extension of the comment date for the Interoperability PN.3 In support of its 
request, the District notes that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
(NTIA) has opened a special application window for waiver recipients to apply for funding from 
the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) to support their early deployments.4
This application window closes July 1, 2010.5 Because the comment date for the 
Interoperability PN falls within “the very short period within which waiver recipients may 
prepare and file complex and resource-intensive BTOP applications,” the District requests that 
the Bureau grant a one-month extension of this date.6
  
1 See Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Seeks Comment on Interoperability, Out-of-Band Emissions, 
and Equipment Certification for 700 MHz Public Safety Broadband Networks, PS Docket No. 06-229, Public 
Notice, DA 10-884 (rel. May 18, 2010) (Interoperability PN).
2 See Requests for Waiver of Various Petitioners to Allow the Establishment of 700 MHz Interoperable 
Public Safety Wireless Broadband Networks, PS Docket No. 06-229, Order, FCC 10-79 (rel. May 12, 
2010).
3 See District of Columbia, Request for Extension of Time to Submit Comments, PS Docket No. 06-229 (filed June 
8, 2010) (District Request).
4 See id. at 1-2.
5 See Broadband Technology Opportunities Program, 75 Fed. Reg. 27,984, 27,985 (May 19, 2010).
6 District Request at 2.
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We agree with the District that a brief extension of the comment date for the 
Interoperability PN is appropriate under the circumstances.  In particular, we recognize the 
magnitude and complexity of preparing and submitting BTOP applications.  A brief extension of 
the comment date is necessary to ensure that waiver recipients participating in the BTOP 
application process have a fair opportunity to prepare and submit comments on the 
Interoperability PN as well.  Accordingly, we extend until July 19, 2010, the comment date for 
the Interoperability PN. 
For further information about this Public Notice, please contact Jennifer A. Manner, 
Deputy Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, at (202) 418-3619.
Action by the Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau. 
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