PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
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DA 17-975
Released:  October 6, 2017
RESPONSES TO THE MOBILITY FUND PHASE II 4G LTE DATA COLLECTION
ARE DUE BY JANUARY 4, 2018
WC Docket No. 10-90
WT Docket No. 10-208
The Rural Broadband Auctions Task Force (Task Force), in conjunction with the Wireline 
Competition Bureau and the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureaus), today announce the due 
date for the filing of 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) coverage data pursuant to the MF-II Challenge 
Process Order.
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On September 22, 2017, the Task Force and Bureaus released the 4G LTE Data Collection Public 
Notice
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with instructions for responding to the one-time 4G LTE coverage data collection adopted by the 
Commission in the MF-II Challenge Process Order.  The instructions stated that responses to the data 
collection would be required no later than 90 days after the Commission published notice of OMB’s 
approval of the information collection request in the Federal Register.  
The Commission published notice of OMB’s approval in the Federal Register on October 5, 
2017.
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  Therefore, responses to the information collection are due by January 4, 2018.  In addition, 
subject entities must submit contact information for this collection using the form posted at 
https://www.fcc.gov/MF2-LTE-Collection by October 23, 2017.
Additional information on the one-time 4G LTE coverage data collection can be found on the 
Commission’s MF-II 4G LTE Data Collection webpage at https://www.fcc.gov/MF2-LTE-Collection.
Parties with questions should email ltedata@fcc.gov or contact Ken Lynch at (202) 418-7356 or Ben 
Freeman at (202) 418-0628.
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Connect America Fund; Universal Service Reform – Mobility Fund, Order on Reconsideration and Second Report 
and Order, 32 FCC Rcd 6282, 6303, para. 41 (2017) (MF-II Challenge Process Order).
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Instructions for Filing 4G LTE Coverage Data to Determine Areas Presumptively Eligible for Mobility Fund II 
Support, Public Notice, DA 17-926 (WCB/WTB Sep. 22, 2017) (4G LTE Data Collection Public Notice).
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82 Fed. Reg. 46494 (Oct. 5, 2017)