PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 News Media Information 202 / 418-0500 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov TTY: 1-888-835-5322 DA 15-115 January 28, 2015 Guard Band Licensee and Band Manager Annual Reports Are Due March 2, 2015 By this Public Notice, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) reminds certain licensees that annual reports from 700 MHz Guard Band Licensees1 and 220 MHz Band Managers,2 are due March 2, 2015.3 In the annual reports, Guard Band Licensees and 220 MHz Band Managers must file with the Commission required information4 for each license held using the Bureau’s internet site at .5 The reports may be viewed at . For information on filing this annual report, please contact Iraida Longin of the Bureau’s Mobility Division at 202-418-1301 or iraida.longin@fcc.gov. 1 See 47 C.F.R. § 27.607. 2 See Request for Waivers to Provide Band Management Services Utilizing Licenses in the 220-222 MHz Band, WT Docket 02-224, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 17 FCC Rcd 20464, 20470 (WTB 2002) (Access 220 MO&O); Access 220, LLC., Assignor, and Spectrum Equity, Inc., Assignee, Application for Assignment of 220 MHz Licenses and Request for Waiver, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 27 FCC Rcd 9321 (WTB 2012). 3 Section 27.607(b) provides that the annual reports must be filed by March 1. 47 C.F.R. § 27.607(b). However, because March 1, 2014 falls on a holiday, the annual reports will be due on March 2, 2014, the next business day. See 47 C.F.R. § 1.4(j) (providing that if “the filing date falls on a holiday, the document shall be filed on the next business day.” Id. at § 1.4(e)(1) (defining “holiday” to mean, in relevant part, Saturday). 4 See 47 C.F.R. § 27.607(c), and Access 220 MO&O, 17 FCC Rcd at 20470; see also “700 MHz Guard Band Managers’ First Annual Report is Due October 1, 2002,” Public Notice, 17 FCC Rcd 8577 (WTB 2002). The basic information required in the annual reports was revised in April 2007. See Service Rules for the 698-746, 747-762 and 777-792 MHz Bands, WT Docket No. 06-150, Revision of the Commission’s Rules to Ensure Compatibility with Enhanced 911 Emergency Calling Systems, CC Docket No. 94-102, Section 68.4(a) of the Commission’s Rules Governing Hearing Aid-Compatible Telephones, WT Docket No. 01-309, Biennial Regulatory Review – Amendment of Parts 1, 22, 24, 27, and 90 to Streamline and Harmonize Various Rules Affecting Wireless Radio Services, WT Docket 03-264, Former Nextel Communications, Inc. Upper 700 MHz Guard Band Licenses and Revisions to Part 27 of the Commission’s Rules, WT Docket No. 06-169, Implementing a Nationwide, Broadband, Interoperable Public Safety Network in the 700 MHz Band, PS Docket No. 06-229, Development of Operational, Technical and Spectrum Requirements for Meeting Federal, State and Local Public Safety Communications Requirements Through the Year 2010, WT Docket No. 96-86, Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 22 FCC Rcd 8064 (2007). 5 See “Electronic Filing of the 700 MHz Guard Band Managers Report will be Available through the Internet Beginning September 4, 2002,” Public Notice, 17 FCC Rcd 15825 (WTB 2002).