Federal Communications Commission DA 17-1024
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
Expanding Flexible Use in Mid-Band Spectrum 
Between 3.7 and 24 GHz
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GN Docket No. 17-183
ORDER
Adopted:  October 18, 2017 Released:  October 18, 2017
Revised Reply Comment Date:  November 15, 2017
By the Chief, Broadband Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau:
1. By this Order, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) grants the Request of the 
Wi-Fi Alliance, Telecommunications Industry Association, Dynamic Spectrum Alliance, and Wireless 
Internet Service Providers Association for Extension of Reply Comment Deadline (Request)
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in the 
above-captioned proceeding to November 15, 2017. 
2. On August 3, 2017, the Commission adopted and released the Mid-Band Spectrum 
Exploration Notice of Inquiry (Mid-Band NOI).
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Comments were due on October 2, 2017, and replies
were due 30-days thereafter or November 1, 2017.
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  The Request seeks to extend the latter deadline for 14 
days until November 15, 2017.  
3. The parties seeking the extension (the Requestors) state that seventy-seven parties submitted 
comments (many including extensive and detailed engineering analyses) in response to the Mid-Band 
NOI across a range of industries with a wide variety of perspectives.
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  According to the Requestors, the 
current 30-day reply comment period does not allow parties a meaningful opportunity to review and 
respond to those analyses, particularly by membership-based organizations, such as each of the parties to 
the Request, where coordination among members is required.
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The Requestors state that they have no 
interest in delaying the Commission’s consideration of the important issues presented in the Mid-Band 
NOI; they contend that granting the Request would result in a further developed record that would speed, 
not delay, the Commission’s decision-making in this and related proceedings.
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Request of the Wi-Fi Alliance, Telecommunications Industry Association, Dynamic Spectrum Alliance, and 
Wireless Internet Service Providers Association for Extension of Reply Comment Deadline, GN Docket No. 17-183 
(filed Oct. 10, 2017) (Request).  
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See Expanding Flexible Use in Mid-Band Spectrum Between 3.7 and 24 GHz, GN Docket No. 17-183, Notice of 
Inquiry, 32 FCC Rcd 6373 (2017) (Mid-Band NOI).  
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Id.  
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See Request at 2.
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Id.  
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Id. at 3.  See also Letter from Alex Roytblat, Senior Director of Regulatory Affairs, Wi-Fi Alliance, to Marlene H. 
Dorch, Secretary, FCC, GN Docket No. 17-183 et al. at 2 (filed Oct. 16, 2017).
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4. While it is the policy of the Commission that extensions shall not be routinely granted,
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based 
on the record before us, we are persuaded in this case that granting a 14-day extension will serve the 
public interest.  
5. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to sections 4(i), 4(j), 5, and 303(r) of the 
Communications Act, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 154(i), 154(j), 155, and 303(r), and sections 0.131, 
0.331, 1.46, 1.415 and 1.430 of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.131, 0.331, 1.46, 1.415 and 
1.430, that the Request for Extension of Reply Comment Deadline filed by the Wi-Fi Alliance, the 
Telecommunications Industry Association, the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance, and the Wireless Internet 
Service Providers Association on October 10, 2017, IS GRANTED to the extent indicated herein.  
6. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the deadline for filing Reply Comments to the 
Mid-Band Spectrum Exploration Notice of Inquiry in the above captioned proceeding is extended to 
November 15, 2017.  
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Blaise A. Scinto
Chief 
Broadband Division
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
                                                     
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47 C.F.R. § 1.46(a).