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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:  February  8,  2005  David  Fiske  at  (202)  418-  0513 
 E-  mail:  david.  fiske@  fcc.  gov  Lauren  Patrich  at  (202)  418-  7944 
 E-  mail:  lauren.  patrich@  fcc.  gov 


 STATEMENT  OF  FCC  CHAIRMAN  MICHAEL  K.  POWELL  ON  THE  TRANSITION  TO  ON-  LINE  REGISTRATION  FOR  COMMERCIAL  LINKS  IN  THE 
 70  GHz,  80  GHz,  and  90  GHz  BANDS 


 Today’s  transition  to  on-  line  registration  for  commercial  links  in  the  70  GHz,  80  GHz,  and  90  GHz  “millimeter  wavelength”  spectrum  bands  is  a  terrific  example  of  how  public-  private 
 partnerships  can  enhance  the  provision  of  telecommunications  services  to  consumers  across  the  country.  Link  registrations  for  commercial  users  of  this  shared  spectrum,  which  is  allocated  for 
 use  by  both  the  Federal  Government  and  commercial  users,  is  now  managed  by  three  independent  database  managers  –  Comsearch,  Frequency  Finder,  Inc.,  and  Micronet 
 Communications,  Inc. 
 The  key  to  the  success  of  this  project  has  been  the  great  collaboration  and  cooperation  between  the  FCC  and  the  National  Telecommunications  and  Information  Administration  at  the 
 Department  of  Commerce.  I  congratulate  Michael  Gallagher  and  the  NTIA  staff  on  their  truly  modernized  frequency  coordination  system  that  will  allow  non-  federal  users  to  expedite  the 
 launch  of  services  on  these  shared  frequencies. 
 Our  partnership  with  NTIA  and  the  cooperative  management  structure  we  have  created  will  encourage  the  commercial  use  of  this  spectrum  for  innovative  broadband  applications  and 
 serves  as  a  model  for  future  automation  of  spectrum  coordination  between  federal  and  non-federal  users. 


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 News  and  other  information  about  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  is  available  at  www.  fcc.  gov. 
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