PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
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DA 17-149
Released February 8, 2017
OFFICE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY AND WIRELESS 
TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU EXTEND PERIOD TO FILE REPLIES TO 
OPPOSITIONS TO PETITIONS FOR RECONSIDERATION OF REPORT AND ORDER IN 
USE OF SPECTRUM BANDS ABOVE 24 GHZ FOR MOBILE RADIO SERVICES 
PROCEEDING
GN Docket No. 14-177
IB Docket Nos. 15-256, 97-95
WT Docket No. 10-112
Replies to Oppositions to Petitions for Reconsideration Due: February 24, 2017
By this Public Notice, we extend the deadline for filing replies in response to oppositions to 
petitions for reconsideration of the Report and Order in the above-captioned proceeding.
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  Interested 
parties will now have until February 24, 2017 to file replies to oppositions.
On February 3, 2017, EchoStar Satellite Operating Corporation, Hughes Network Systems, LLC, 
Inmarsat, Inc., WorldVu Satellites Ltd. d/b/a OneWeb, SES Americom, Inc., Intelsat, Inc., and The 
Boeing Company (together, Petitioners) filed a motion to extend the date for replies to oppositions to 
petitions for reconsideration from February 10, 2017 to February 24, 2017.
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  Petitioners note that there 
were 24 filings in response and assert that the filings “raise complex and technical arguments that will 
require significant effort to analyze and rebut.”
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They also argue:  “The benefits of this brief delay far 
outweigh any potential burden, as the broad scope of diverse, technically complex issues involved justify 
allowing sufficient time for thoughtful analysis by affected parties and careful consideration by the 
Commission.”
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Use of Spectrum Bands Above 24 GHz for Mobile Radio Services, Report and Order and Further Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking, 31 FCC Rcd 8014 (2016).
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Joint Motion for Extension of Time, EchoStar Satellite Operating Corporation, Hughes Network Systems, LLC, 
Inmarsat, Inc., WorldVu Satellites Ltd. d/b/a OneWeb, SES Americom, Inc., Intelsat, Inc., and The Boeing 
Company (filed Feb. 3, 2017) (Motion).
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Id. at 2-3.
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Id. at 3.
It is the general policy of the Commission that extensions of time shall not be routinely granted.
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However, under these circumstances, we agree that an extension of time to file replies is warranted to 
ensure that the Commission obtains a complete and thorough record.  There were a considerable number 
of responses filed, and those responses raise a wide variety of issues, many of which are complex and 
technical in nature.  We conclude that an extension of time is warranted to enable interested parties 
sufficient opportunity to review and to respond to the complex issues raised by the responses to the 
petitions for reconsideration.  Accordingly, pursuant to Section 4(i) of the Communications Act of 1934, 
as amended,
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and Section 1.46 of the Commission's rules,
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we extend the deadline for filing replies to 
oppositions to petitions for reconsideration until February 24, 2017.
For further information, please contact John Schauble of the Wireless Telecommunications 
Bureau, Broadband Division, at 202-418-0797 or John.Schauble@fcc.gov.
Action by the Chief, Broadband Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Acting 
Chief, Policy and Rules Division, Office of Engineering and Technology
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47 C.F.R. § 1.46(a).
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47 U.S.C. § 154(i).
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47 C.F.R. § 1.46.