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 SEPARATE  STATEMENT  OF  COMMISSIONER  KATHLEEN  Q.  ABERNATHY 
 Re:  Amendment  of  Part  2  of  the  Commission’s  Rules  to  Allocate  Spectrum  Below  3  GHz  for  Mobile  and  Fixed  Services  to  Support  the  Introduction  of  New 
 Advanced  Wireless  Services,  including  Third  Generation  Wireless  Systems,  ET  Docket  No.  00-  258,  FCC  04-  219  (adopted  September  9,  2004) 


 One  of  the  most  important  roles  of  the  Commission  is  to  make  additional  spectrum  available  for  new  and  innovative  communications  services.  Over  the  past  few 
 years,  the  FCC,  in  conjunction  with  NTIA,  has  made  available  90  MHz  of  additional  spectrum  for  advanced  wireless  communications  services.  Today,  we  go  further  by 
 making  another  20  MHz  of  spectrum  available  for  these  uses.  By  doing  so  we  are  continuing  to  promote  spectrum  efficiency  and  creating  an  environment  that  encourages 
 the  deployment  of  new  and  innovative  services,  including  broadband,  to  Americans. 
 While  supporting  this  action,  I  also  recognize  that  redesignation  of  the  H  block  spectrum  for  advanced  wireless  communications  uses  holds  the  potential  to  cause 
 harmful  interference  with  existing  broadband  PCS  services  unless  we  adopt  appropriate  technical  limitations  on  operations  within  the  H  block.  However,  I  believe  that  these 
 concerns  can  be  adequately  addressed  as  we  craft  the  service  and  technical  rules  for  this  band.  Accordingly,  I  look  forward  to  receiving  the  comments  and  test  data  we  are 
 soliciting  in  response  to  the  notice  of  proposed  rulemaking  in  the  service  rule  companion  proceeding.  At  that  point,  I  will  carefully  review  the  record  and  work  with  all  interested 
 parties  to  ensure  that  we  craft  technical  rules  that  protect  incumbent  broadband  PCS  operations  while  also  permitting  the  deployment  of  advanced  wireless  services  in  the  H 
 block. 
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