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 NEWS  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).  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 For  Immediate  Release:  News  Media  Contact:  April  1,  2004  Rosemary  Kimball  (202)  418-  0511 
 e-  mail:  rosemary.  kimball@  fcc.  gov 
 DATES  SET  FOR  COMMENTS  ON  RULES  TO  ELIMINATE  SPAM  TO  MOBILE  PHONES  AND  REVIEW  OF  “SAFE  HARBOR”  FOR  TELEMARKETING  CALLS  TO  MOBILE  PHONES 
 NPRM  (CG  Docket  04-  53):  Comments  due  April  30,  2004;  replies  due  May  17,  2004  Further  Notice  (CG  Docket  02-  278):  Comments  due  April  15,  2004;  replies  due  April  26,  2004 


 Washington,  DC  --  On  March  19,  2004,  the  Commission  released  a  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking  (NPRM)  (FCC  04-  52)  seeking  comment  on  how  best  to  implement  regulations  to  protect 
 consumers  from  unwanted  mobile  service  commercial  messages  under  the  Controlling  the  Assault  of  Non-  Solicited  Pornography  and  Marketing  Act  of  2003,  known  as  the  CAN-  SPAM  Act. 


 The  NPRM  asks  that  comments  and  replies  be  filed  within  30  and  45  days,  respectively,  after  publication  in  the  Federal  Register.  The  NPRM  and  Further  Notice  were  published  in  the  Federal 
 Register  on  March  31,  2004.  Therefore,  comments  for  the  NPRM  are  due  April  30,  2004,  and  reply  comments  are  due  May  17,  2004. 


 The  Commission  also  released  a  Further  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking  (Further  Notice)  seeking  comment  on  two  possible  revisions  to  rules  implementing  the  Telephone  Consumer  Protection 
 Act  (TCPA).  The  Further  Notice,  concerning  both  a  limited  safe  harbor  under  the  TCPA  for  calls  to  wireless  numbers  and  the  required  frequency  for  telemarketers  to  access  the  national  do-  not-  call  registry, 
 asks  that  comments  and  replies  be  filed  within  15  and  25  days,  respectively,  after  publication  in  the  Federal  Register.  Comments  for  the  Further  Notice  are  due  April  15,  2004,  and  reply  comments  are  due 
 April  26,  2004. 
 Parties  are  advised  to  file  comments  separately  in  the  appropriate  dockets  (CG  Docket  No.  04-  53,  concerning  the  CAN-  SPAM  Act  and  CG  Docket  No.  02-  278,  concerning  the  TCPA  issues)  according  to 
 the  instructions  provided  in  the  NPRM. 
 The  NPRM  and  Further  Notice  can  be  viewed  at:  http://  hraunfoss.  fcc.  gov/  edocs_  public/  attachmatch/  FCC-  04-  52A1.pdf 


 Information  on  filing  comments  with  the  FCC  is  at:  http://  wireless.  fcc.  gov/  csinfo/  comments.  html 
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 CG  Docket  No.  04-  53  CG  Docket  No.  02-  278 


 Consumer  &  Governmental  Affairs  Bureau  contact:  Ruth  Yodaiken  at  (202)  418-  2512 
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