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 NEWS  News  media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  TTY  202/  418-  2555  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  This  is  an  unofficial  announcement  of  Commission  action.  Release  of  the  full  text  of  a  Commission  order  constitutes  official  action.  See  MCI  v.  FCC.  515  F  2d  385  (D.  C.  Circ  1974). 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE  Contact:  David  Fiske  February  4,  2003  (202)  418-  0513 
 STATEMENT  OF  FCC  CHAIRMAN  MICHAEL  POWELL  ON  5-  GIGAHERTZ  SPECTRUM  AGREEMENT 
 The  consensus  reached  on  a  United  States  position  on  Radio  Local  Area  Networks  (RLANS)  at  5  GHz  is  a  'win-  win'  proposition  for  industry  and  government. 
 Consistent  with  the  recommendations  of  the  Spectrum  Policy  Task  Force,  the  proposal  would  make  additional  unlicensed  spectrum  available  to  promote  RLAN  deployment  while 
 protecting  radars  vital  to  our  national  security. 
 The  parties  involved  are  to  be  commended  for  their  efforts  to  reach  this  hard-  fought  compromise. 


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