1PUBLIC NOTICE
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DA 13-2048
Released:  October 23, 2013
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU CLARIFIES THAT 
THE OCTOBER 29, 2013 DATE OPENING A FILING WINDOW FOR 
ADDITIONAL CHANNELS VACATED BY SPRINT CORPORATION 
REMAINS UNCHANGED 
Application Filing May Commence on October 29, 2013
WT Docket No. 02-55
The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) clarifies that the October 29, 2013
date for applicants to begin filing applications for vacated channels made available by Public Notice DA 
13-2004 (released Sept. 30, 2013) remains unchanged.1 On this date, the Bureau will begin accepting 
applications for facilities on the channels made available by Public Notice DA 13-2004.  
The Bureau announced on September 30, 2013 that it would be updating the Vacated Channel 
Search Engine (VCSE) with additional channels released by Sprint Corporation (Sprint) in the 809-
815/854-860 MHz (Channels 231- 470) portion of the 800 MHz band.2 The Bureau indicated that, 
beginning on October 29, 2013, Commission-certified frequency coordinators may file applications on 
behalf of eligible applicants for channels newly made available in the VCSE.3
Although the Commission released a Public Notice on October 17, 2013 stating that certain filing 
deadlines between October 17 and November 4 would be delayed until November 4, 2013 because of the 
recent government-wide lapse in funding during which the Commission suspended normal operations, the 
October 17, 2013 Public Notice does not apply to the October 29, 2013 date for filing applications for 
vacated channels .4 The October 29, 2013 date is for the opening of a filing window; not a filing 
deadline contemplated by the October 17, 2013 Public Notice.   Therefore, channels newly made 
available in the VCSE by Public Notice DA 13-2004 will continue to list October 29, 2013 as the 
availability date in the “Channel Availability” field.
  
1 See Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces the Opening of a Filing Window for Additional 
Records Vacated by Sprint Corporation in the 809-815/854-860 MHz Band Segment, Public Notice, DA 13-2004 
(rel. Sep 30, 2013)(PSHSB).  
2 Id.
3 Id. at 3.
4 See Revised Filing Deadlines Following Resumption of Normal Commission Operations, Public Notice, DA 13-
2025 (rel. Oct 17, 2013)(CGA).
2For further information, contact Brian Marenco, Policy Division, Public Safety and Homeland 
Security Bureau, at (202) 418-0838 or Brian.Marenco@fcc.gov.
Action by Deputy Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau.
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